Have you ever been traveling from one city to another, and you're in the airport at the gate, waiting for your flight to load? »more»

Never fear: this is not a political exposé. Instead, it's a reflection on a fascinating conversation that I had with Dr. Jed Diamond last night on my internet radio program. As you may know, Dr. Jed is the author of the best-selling books, Male Menopause and The Irritable Male Syndrome. What I didn't know about Dr. »more»

One day my father, as a young man, came home from work to find the apartment cleaned out of furniture and swept clean. His wife (not my mother) was gone. Needless to say, reconciliation wasn't an option. »more»

There are (among other things) at least two features that we guys are famous for: not asking for directions, and never reading the instructions before assembling a new 'toy'. That describes me fairly well. I remember driving through the maze of streets in Salerno, Italy, trying to get to the other side of the city. Craig was insisting that I stop and ask for directions, but not I! »more»

According to a comprehensive study of data from 80 countries, researchers at Britain's Warwick University and America's Dartmouth College have confirmed what people in their forties have known for years, middle age is indeed truly miserable. Researchers discovered that "for both men and women the probability of depression peaks around 44 years of age. »more»

We all regret things in our life to varying degrees so it is not surprising that psychologists have decided to take a deeper look at what we regret and why. Canadian blog BoomerWatch took on the topic of regret in the baby boomer generation citing the work of psychologists Neal Roese and Amy Summerville. »more»

Writing in the latest issue of Psychology Today, academics Alan S. Miller and Satoshi Kanazawa propose a provocative theory of the cause of midlife crisis:

Many believe that men go through a midlife crisis when they are in middle age. Not quite. Many middle-aged men do go through midlife crises, but it's not because they are middle-aged. It's because their wives are. »more»

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Neuroticism--the enduring tendency to experience negative emotional states--has consistently been shown to increased mortality. It almost seems unfair that neurotics, who already experience more than their share of anxiety, anger, guilt, and depression, have one more thing to stress about, it's killing them. »more»

The February 26th issue of Newsweek has a cover story on men and depression. In it, Julie Scelfo writes:

"Six million American men will be diagnosed with depression this year. But millions more suffer silently, unaware that their problem has a name or unwilling to seek treatment. »more»