psychology

  • Prolonged Grief Disorder Is Now an Officially Recognised Mental Illness

    Prolonged Grief Disorder Is Now an Officially Recognised Mental Illness

    The latest update to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the codebook used by mental health professionals, includes a new officially recognised condition: prolonged grief disorder. People with prolonged grief are considered to have intense feelings and preoccupied thoughts that distress them or impede their daily functioning beyond the normal grieving process.


  • Can You Really Tell the Difference Between 4K and 8K?

    Can You Really Tell the Difference Between 4K and 8K?

    Some time ago I came to feel, in a very literal way, the speed of semi-recent technological progress. My roommate — a gamer — had gotten it into his head, possibly via some other gamer, that ‘90s video games look best when played on ‘90s televisions. This led him to secure one on Craigslist, which…