Mental Representations and Health, Hopefully

How mental representations mediate our experiences—and how they can go wrong

Rhesus Monkey Enjoying new year tangerines in the Chinese Year of the Monkey

Anger

Does a Sense of Injustice Affect Mental Health?

Eric Chen M.D. on April 22, 2024

The biological response to unfairness can be detrimental to mental health.

The biological response to unfairness can be detrimental to mental health.

Lotus: purity and healing

Cognition

The Stigma of Mental Illness: An Evolutionary Account

Eric Chen M.D. on August 1, 2023

Is stigma towards mental illness merely a consequence of lack of knowledge? Or does it have deeper roots?

Is stigma towards mental illness merely a consequence of lack of knowledge? Or does it have deeper roots?

Cognition

Thoughts on Formal Thought Disorder

Eric Chen M.D. on May 3, 2023

Incoherence in speech is a sign of psychopathology. Psycholinguistics provides a coherent framework.

Incoherence in speech is a sign of psychopathology. Psycholinguistics provides a coherent framework.

Memory

Insights on Insight Impairments

Eric Chen M.D. on February 7, 2023

Insight impairments in mental health and neurological conditions.

Insight impairments in mental health and neurological conditions.

A group of droplets of water in Nature

Relationships

Mental Health Symptoms and the Relationships Between Them

Eric Chen M.D. on January 3, 2023

Is it important to delineate where one symptom ends and another symptom begins?

Is it important to delineate where one symptom ends and another symptom begins?

Health

Are Mental Health Symptoms Different From Bodily Symptoms?

Eric Chen M.D. on November 10, 2022

Mental health symptoms are more complex than we often think, and they require a specialised approach for their clarification.

Mental health symptoms are more complex than we often think, and they require a specialised approach for their clarification.