Dr. Jay Slosar
Dr. Jay Slosar is a licensed psychologist in Irvine, CA. and has been in practice for more than 30 years. He is the author of the book The Culture of Excess: How Americans Lost Self-Control and Why We Need to Redefine Success (ABC-CLIO, LLC, November 2010).
Kangaroo Hearing: Congress & Technology CEOs
This last week’s congressional hearing and grilling of Tech CEOs provides another example of a theatrical performance by the United States Congress. The hearing involved confronting the Tech CEOs with regard to harm for children, particularly public safety and sexual exploitation. Parents held signs with pictures of their children who...
A Message Regarding Inflation: It’s the Housing Costs, [Silly].
While inflation has declined, Americans remain unrelieved from any reported declines in costs. Why? The answer is housing. Housing is a primary cost and one we consumers cannot readily bargain our way through. If the price of chicken or eggs rises, I can try to find a substitute. I can...
The Ignored Personality Trait of Perfectionism and its Relationship to Suicide
The recent report that US surgeons and medical doctors have a higher suicide rate than the general population brings the issue of perfectionism into focus as an underlying factor. Perfectionism is a personality trait related to suicide. It is surprising to me that this factor is not fully recognized within...
Abrupt Suicide: Discourse with Clinicians, Experts, and Researchers
Abrupt suicides, such as the recent suicide of dancer Stephen tWitch Boss, startle society with the unresolved grief from deaths we can’t understand. The abrupt suicide of someone we know, either as a family member, friend, or just acquaintance yearns for psychological treatment to address the unresolved grief. This is especially...
Grieving and national trauma: Thoughts from Clinicians and Therapists
I believe we are a society living with intense anxiety and fear of trauma. Clinicians, are you seeing and feeling what I am? Here are my initial thoughts as a clinical psychologist: I never went through Kubler Ross’s bargaining phase when my mother died. I didn’t try to tell myself...
Grieving and Bereavement: Thoughts from Clinicians, Psychologists, and Experts
I'm convening public discourse about grieving and bereavement and would like to hear from a cross section of experts, clinicians, and community members about their lessons learned or thoughts on grieving. #grieving #bereavement #grief Here are my initial thoughts:Coping with loss is the essence of moving forward with a productive...
Capitalism Delusion Disorder (CDD)
From my observations as a clinical and forensic psychologist and from my study of society as a concerned citizen, I've developed a new term: Capitalism Delusion Disorder (CDD). From your vantage point, what do you think? - Jay Slosar --- A psychosocial societal disorder attributed to extreme and out of...
Homelessness: Successful Interventions
What are your thoughts? How much is homelessness linked to mental health? What do you think the barriers are to addressing homelessness? - Jay Homelessness is rampant in the US with more than a half million people on the streets or in shelters. Most are individuals (70%) with people in...
Lying, BS, and Self Deception
What do you think? Is it better to call it lying or BSing? How do you distinguish between lying and BS? - Jay The current story of George Santos and all his lies is remarkable in that he could be elected to such a high office of leadership. Today’s polarized...
Forensic Mental Health: A Proposed Solution
With drive by and wave promises, politicians have done little to address the problem of how the mentally ill and the homeless end up recycling through jails and our criminal justice system. The best solution is an immediate structure providing resources. It has been more than a decade when then...
GENERATION ME- Has an American Culture of Excess Created a Global Culture of Narcissism?
Journalist Yasmine Tanres interviewed Dr. Jay Slosar on the news and debate platform Erupt Now. Yasmine and Slosar delve into the societal factors driving cultural narcissism. They address how the worsening trends in cultural excess define society today and how cultural narcissism influences us. Dr. Slosar also identifies the surprisingly...
Delusional Society: Us vs. Them
Delusions and paranoia often go together. Delusions seem to be more noticeable and evident today. This is especially so with groups like Q Anon but the delusions can also be milder and not so extreme. This video is to help support a discourse on different types of delusions and to...
Criminal Justice: Five Steps to Depolarize American Society
Discussing 5 Steps To Depolarize American Society With San Diego Deputy Public Defender Lucas Hirsty The recent bill and rare accomplishment passed by Congress, called the First Step Act, reduces sentencing and allows a fairer and balanced approach to the immense problems in our criminal justice system Part 1 Part...
Ordinary Americans: Technology and Paranoia 2.0
“Don’t look back something might be gaining on you,” said Satchel Paige, a legendary baseball pitcher in the 1930s and 40s who couldn’t pitch in the major leagues because he was black. After Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, Paige became the oldest rookie to play in the...