They F*** You Up articles
Next time our player misses a penalty blame his parents
02/07/2006, The Independent
Penalty shoot-outs are the psychological case par excellence of a situation designed to make a person malfunction. At least 128 studies of performance have shown that if you are motivated by rewards and praise- prize-hunting-you wil do worse than if you are doing it for fun.
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Blame insatiably demanding parents and our materialistic society
20/01/2006, The Times
Why more of us are suffering from depression
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A toxic chemistry of violent images
03/06/2005, The Times
That a pack of children aged 11 to 12 could nearly strangle a five-year-old is, sadly, not surprising. Humans are the cruellest species on earth and children have always had the potential for viciousness, even children from “good” homes. But there are features of modern life that make such atrocities more likely.
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So George, How Do You Feel About Your Mom and Dad?
02/09/2003, The Guardian
Psychologist Oliver James analyses the behaviour of the American president
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Dr. Firmlove
30/04/2003, The Guardian
Oliver James finds out how confronting a troubled adolescence helped Steve Biddulph become the bestselling author of Raising Boys
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Hooked on the rehab habit
09/04/2003, The Times
Caroline Aherne has recently left the Priory after another battle with depression. For some addicts, rehab itself becomes the addiction. What they need to do is face their problems in the real world
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The Cassandra Complex
22/03/2003, The Guardian
Sigmund Freud is both revered as a giant of twentieth-century thought and derided by mainstream psychologists and psychiatrists for his lack of scientific rigour. But in recent years, Freud's inspired guesses have been put under systematic scrutiny - and many have been proved to be accurate. Oliver James, a psychologist himself, and the son of psychoanalysts, explains how
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'Mummy was the light of my life'
26/02/2003, The Guardian
But Daddy was chilly and remote. Oliver James discovers what made Penelope Leach such a powerful advocate of 'child-centred' parenting
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'I would love someone to look after me'
29/01/2003, The Guardian
Controversial childcare guru Gina Ford is known as the queen of routine. But, as Oliver James discovers, her childhood was anything but
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