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The Truth About Video Games and Mass Killings

It’s more complicated than you think (excerpted from my book The Minds of Mass Killers: Understanding and Interrupting The Pathway to Violence (McFarland, 2021). Mass killings have been blamed on violent video games since the Columbine murders in 1999. The idea is a simple one: ban violent video games and…

Psychology

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The Truth About Video Games and Mass Killings
The Truth About Video Games and Mass Killings
Psychology

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Stress is a killer

You’ve likely got more going on than you realize (Excerpt from my book The Minds of Mass Killers: Understanding and Interrupting the Pathway to Violence. The holidays bring incredible stress for many people due to unhappy/unhealthy family dynamics, financial limitations, and unrealistic expectations.) We can be too quick to diagnose…

Stress

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Stress is a killer
Stress is a killer
Stress

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Conspiracy Thinking May Kill Us All

What You Need to Know About the Conspiracy Mindset (The following is a condensed excerpt from the chapter on conspiracism in my recent book The Minds of Mass Killers: Understanding and Interrupting the Pathway to Violence). Conspiracy stories surround us. The tales have gotten stranger and stranger over time: alien…

Psychology

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Conspiracy Thinking May Kill Us All
Conspiracy Thinking May Kill Us All
Psychology

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Childhood Trauma Changes the Brain

Consequences can be hard to overcome, but there is hope The following is excerpted from my book The Minds of Mass Killers: Understanding and Interrupting the Pathway to Violence (McFarland, 2021). Available through all booksellers. How the brain adapts to trauma The fight/flight response is the nervous system’s natural response…

Psychology

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Childhood Trauma Changes the Brain
Childhood Trauma Changes the Brain
Psychology

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Jul 29, 2020

Essentia

The fog is soft with a glow smelling of kelp and eucalyptus the kind of wet that dampens your hair and requires a jacket.

Poetry

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Essentia
Essentia
Poetry

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Published in The Cotton Thread

·Feb 4, 2020

What’s That White-Hot Light?

Or, Midnight on Facebook

Facebook

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What’s That White-Hot Light?
What’s That White-Hot Light?
Facebook

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Published in P.S. I Love You

·Dec 29, 2019

She Stands Tall

The road no longer stretches out before her, it’s soft visions from behind that occupy her mind. In her dreams she’s 16 tawny hair whipping in the breeze, on the back of a roan colored horse who loves to gallop. Or 26, with three children two girls and a boy, peddling…

Death

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She Walks Tall
She Walks Tall
Death

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Published in P.S. I Love You

·Dec 6, 2019

Your Kids Will Find Their Own Path — Relax and Let Them Be

“Support your children in finding their own path — even if turns out to be different than what you had in mind,” says this therapist. — The eighteen-year-old young woman hunched forward on the sofa in my office. Tears spilled down her cheeks, leaving muddy streaks of mascara beneath both eyes. “I can’t disappoint my parents no matter how much I hate it here,” she said. “I’m stuck at this school. …

Mental Health

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Your Kids Will Find Their Own Path — Relax and Let Them Be
Your Kids Will Find Their Own Path — Relax and Let Them Be
Mental Health

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Published in The Wise Heart

·Nov 9, 2019

Cold Methodical Killers: The Psychology of Mass Shooters

And how to stop them before they kill — Ihave been a psychotherapist for 30 years, and during that time I’ve worked as a specialist in forensics. Studying what motivates murderers has been a large part of my work. While no two killers are exactly the same, it’s important to know that human behavior tends to follow recognizable patterns…

Gun Violence

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Cold Methodical Killers: The Psychology of Mass Shooters
Cold Methodical Killers: The Psychology of Mass Shooters
Gun Violence

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Published in The Cotton Thread

·Oct 20, 2019

Falling

I’m aware of the irony that the most beautiful time of year is when the leaves are dying, just before they fall.

Poetry

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Falling
Falling
Poetry

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Shavaun Scott

Shavaun Scott

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Psychotherapist and writer, exploring uncommon bravery and shining light on the human experience.

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