Dr. Wes Crenshaw is a Kansas Licensed Psychologist and Board Certified in Couples and Family Psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP) and has seen families in his Lawrence practice since 1999. He is co-author of the Double Take advice column published every Monday since 2004 in the Lawrence Journal World. He compiled eight years’ worth of his best columns into two books entitled:Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Teens and Dear Dr. Wes: Real Life Advice for Parents of Teens. Both books are co-authored by teens. He specializes in a wide variety of issues including dating, >>>

The same secrets Olympic swimmers use to inch ahead of an opponent may also lead to success in everyday life, psychologists say.CREDIT: Schmid Christophe | LONDON – All Olympians have outsized athletic talent and event-specific skills. What separates the medalists from the nonmedalists, however, may often come down to psychology, researchers have >>>

It was initially reported in 1964 that Kitty Genovese repeatedly screamed as she was attacked, then murdered by Winston Mosely in front of her apartment building in New York but it was reported that none of the 38 witnesses came to her aid. Although upon later investigation, the number of witnesses and their inactivity may not be entirely true, it shocked the nation and it led to much social psychology research on the bystander effect and the likelihood of people intervening in an emergency. When others are around, people are less likely to intervene due to a diffusion of responsibility. Each person >>>