Is heterosexual male attraction to “underage” females a mental disorder?
This topic is hot, no pun intended, as the diagnostic categories for the proposed DSM-V are being debated. Researchers are jockying to have their preferences enshrined in the manual. One group is arguing that heterosexual male attraction to teenage girls is a paraphilia (hebephilia). There is plenty of laboratory research evidence that indicates that male sexual […]
Court-Involved Therapists
I have previously discussed the problems frequently encountered with court-involved therapists (typically child therapists in divorce and child custody cases). Just discovered a helpful additional source of information in the Journal of Child Custody. Definitely worth a read. Will report on it later. Reference: Greenberg, LR, Gould-Saltman, DJ, & Gottlieb, MC. (2008). ‘Playing in their […]
Remiss in my blogging duties
I have been remiss in my blogging duties. Aside from finishing a series of articles on self-presentation and psychological assessment, which I will report on tomorrow, I have been finishing up the magisterial work on the Korean War by the late David Halberstam (The Coldest Winter). It is not just about the war, but the […]
More validity scales and psychological assessment–
I have been reading intensively and neglecting my blogging duties. The previously cited article by Detrick, Chibnall, & Call (JPA, 2010, 92,5, 410-415, DOI: 10.1080/00223891.2010.497401) really opens the vistas on self-presentational issues in psychological assessment. The aricle has a complete list of references, mostly from the non-clinical literature, which moves beyond superficial understandings of validity […]