Mental health typically isn't a topic to take lightly, but these bizarre innovations in psychology and psychotherapy toe the line between tasteful humor and downright absurdity.
From robot psychotherapists to artistic mental health signs, TV shows about mental illness and social networking for the mentally ill, there's a wide range of topics covered in this slideshow. Click and enjoy.
Implications - Although once considered a taboo topic to be pushed under the rug, mental health is increasingly becoming an issue that is brought to light. Society's greater acceptance of, and willingness to openly discuss, psychological issues and their impact on the world is a strong indicator of how we are increasingly becoming more attuned to superior prevention and treatment measures.
13 Bizarre Mental Health Innovations
From Robot Psychotherapists to Disturbing Self-Help Ads:
Marissa Brassfield — Jun 28, 2009 — Lifestyle
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Psychology of Happiness Tests
Identifying Fake Smiles
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Wealth Psychology
Shrinks For Affluenza, Sudden Wealth Sydrome
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Twitter Psychoanalysis
TweetPsych Reveals What Your Tweets Say About You
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Internet Addiction Official Mental Illness
Compulsive-Impulsive Disorder
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Artistic Mental Health Signs
Musings for Mental Health by ‘The Ghost' of We Kill You
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Psychological Career Commercials
CareerBuilder Ad Shows Top Reasons to Change Jobs
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Robot Psychologist
MindMentor The Future Of Mental Healthcare
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Mental Fitness
Give Your Brain a Mental Tune Up at Lumosity
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Disturbing Self-Help Ads
RoSana Psychological Counseling Evokes Exorcist in You
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TV Shows About Mental Illness
'United States of Tara' Deals with Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Making Mental Health Cool
'Celebrity Psychings' Psychoanalyzes Loony A-Listers
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Psychotherapist Robots
MindMentor
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Social Networking For The Mentally Ill
Controversial Support Sites
Related Ideas
Poorly Placed Advertising
American Ad Bloopers
Supermodel Smiling Lessons
Tyra Banks Shows 275 Smiles
Pro-Anorexia (Pro-Ana) Websites
Wasting Away Promoted Online
Offensive Advertising Mistakes
Mega Logo Blunders
Rehab Backlashes
David Duchovny Punished for Sex Addiction
Quirky Motivational Posters
‘Today I Will Be Happier Than a Bird With a French Fry'
Banned Shockvertisements
Overly-Morbid Print Ads
50 Rumorvations
Perfect for ‘Gossip Girl' Michelle Trachtenberg
Recession-Proof Jobs
Careers Promising Prosperity and Stability in 2009
Celebrity Star Wars
Victoria and David Beckham as Princess Leia and Luke
Morbid Safe Sex PSAs
‘The Cover' by MTV Staying Alive
Twitter Shaming
Microbloggers Blast CNN's Iran Election Coverage at #CNNfail
Weird Workplace Motivation
‘Words to Work By' Posters From Publicis Mojo
Twitterific Fashion
Threadless Clothing Brings Your Tweets to Tee-Shirts
Freaky Sanatorium Editorials
Stocking-Covered Faces in Interview Magazine
Twitter Newspapers
USA Today's Del Jones Uses Tweets as Only Source
Celeb Gossip For iPhone
StarMash For Hollywood Dirt On The Go
Creepy Painvertising
Nycomed's Agony Campaign
Advertising for Word Nerds
Montreal Gazette Proves That Words Matter
Postmortem Messaging
Twitter & Facebook Launch 'Webwill' for Dead Online Lovers
Shock Doc on Thin Addiction
Super Skinny Me
Killer Job Parodies
Career Builder ‘Time To Move On' Ads
Internet Addiction Official Mental Illness
Compulsive-Impulsive Disorder
Twitter Movies
Tweets Move From Your Computer Screen to the Big Screen
Celebrity Gossip
Is Beyonce Knowles A Smoker?
3 Signs It's Time to Change Jobs
Career Junction Ad Campaign
Monday Rebranding
‘What a Great Day to Start the Week' Poster Uses Positivity
Tweeting Maintenance Mayhem
Scheduled Twitter Shutdown Paused For Iranian Protests
Internet Gossip Explosion
Record Numbers Tracked By Hitwise
Animated Gossip Blogs
Ashton Kutcher Launches Blah Girls
Twittering Primates
The Lucky Monkey Tests the Mind of a Computer Using a Chimpanzee
Creepy Cancer Awareness Music Videos
‘It's a Beautiful Day for Cancer'
Hunger for Gossip Sites
Truemors Sold to NowPublic
Diagnosing Internet Addiction
China Suggests Psychiatric Care For Web Junkies
Storytime Twitter
Greg Fishbone Tells 140 Character 'Tweet Mystery of Death' Stories
Twitterfied Words
'Thsrs' is an Online Thesaurus Perfect For Social Networking Sites