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Psychology of Survival Mode and Scam Victims – 2024
Psychology of Survival Mode and Scam Victims Principal Category: Coping Mechanism Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Read More ...
The Impact of Psychological Trauma Accumulation After Additional Significant Adult Trauma – An Overview – 2024
The Impact of Psychological Trauma After Additional Significant Adult Trauma - An Overview Principal Category: Psychological Trauma Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Psychological trauma, especially when experienced repeatedly, can lead to Read More ...
The Libet Experiments and Its Implications for Scam Victims and Victimization – 2024
The Libet Experiments and Its Implications for Scam Victims and Victimization The Libet Experiments and the Neurology of Decision-Making: An Insight into Why People Fall for Scams and Become Scam Victims Principal Category: Scam Victim Neurology & Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Read More ...
The Brain’s Endocannabinoid System and its Role in Facilitating Scams & Deception – 2024
Endocannabinoid System and its Role in Facilitating Scams & Deception The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and its Role in Scam Victim Vulnerability, Retaining Victims in Scams, and Challenges During Recovery Principal Category: Authors: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Read More ...
Neurology: The Anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) and Scam Victims – 2024
The Anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) and Scam Victims The Neurology of Scams Victims: Anterior Midcingulate Cortex (aMCC) and the Surprising Relationship with Trauma Principal Category: Scam Victims Neurology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel Read More ...
Why Scam Fraud and Cybercrime Awareness Campaigns Fail and It Becomes Another Form of Scam Victim Blaming – 2024
Why Scam Fraud and Cybercrime Awareness Campaigns Fail and It Becomes Another Form of Scam Victim Blaming - 2024 In Reality, Almost All Awareness Education and Awareness Programs will Fail in Stopping Scams, Fraud, and Cybercrime, and it becomes just Another Form of Scam Victim-Blaming Principal Category: Psychology of Read More ...
Relationship Scams and Other Forms of Addiction – Recovery Psychology Overview – 2024
Relationship Scams and Other Forms of Addiction Understanding the Differences Between Relationship Scam Victims' Addiction and Other Forms of Addiction Principal Category: Addiction - Recovery Psychology Overview Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Read More ...
Compersion: Psychological Feeling of Joy One Experiences from Witnessing Another Person’s Happiness – 2024
Compersion: Psychological Feeling of Joy One Experiences from Witnessing Another Person’s Happiness Principal Category: Scam Victim Recovery Psychology Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Compersion, the feeling of joy derived from witnessing Read More ...
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Scam Victims’ Mobilization Defense Mechanisms – 2024
Scam Victim Mobilization Defense Mechanisms How Psychological Mobilization Defense Mechanisms Activate in Scam Victims and Affect Trauma Recovery Principal Category: Psychological Coping & Defense Mechanisms Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of Read More ...
Important Medication Warning For Scam Victims Suffering From Trauma: Levothyroxine – 2024
Important Medication Warning For Scam Victims Suffering From Trauma: Levothyroxine Principal Category: Psychological Trauma Author: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Levothyroxine, used to treat hypothyroidism, can have notable psychological side effects, especially for scam victims managing trauma. These Read More ...
Tyrosine and Mood Regulation for Scam Victims and Those Suffering from Psychological Trauma – 2024
Tyrosine and Mood Regulation for Scam Victims and Those Suffering from Psychological Trauma Principal Category: Neurology of Scams - Hormones & Neurotransmitters Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of the Society of Read More ...
The Neurology of Thought – An Overview: How the Brain and Body Work Together to Enable Thinking – 2024
The Neurology of Thought - An Overview: How the Brain and Body Work Together to Enable Thinking Principal Category: Victim Neurology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of the Society of Citizens Read More ...
Psychology of Survival Mode and Scam Victims – 2024
Psychology of Survival Mode and Scam Victims Principal Category: Coping Mechanism Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Victim Trauma Therapy, Neuropsychologist, Certified Deception Professional, Psychology Advisory Panel & Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Read More ...
The Impact of Psychological Trauma Accumulation After Additional Significant Adult Trauma – An Overview – 2024
The Impact of Psychological Trauma After Additional Significant Adult Trauma - An Overview Principal Category: Psychological Trauma Author: • Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. - Anthropologist, Scientist, Polymath, Director of the Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. Psychological trauma, especially when experienced repeatedly, can lead to Read More ...
The Libet Experiments and Its Implications for Scam Victims and Victimization – 2024
The Libet Experiments and Its Implications for Scam Victims and Victimization The Libet Experiments and the Neurology of Decision-Making: An Insight into Why People Fall for Scams and Become Scam Victims Principal Category: Scam Victim Neurology & Psychology Authors: • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Licensed Psychologist, Specialty in Crime Read More ...
The Brain’s Endocannabinoid System and its Role in Facilitating Scams & Deception – 2024
Endocannabinoid System and its Role in Facilitating Scams & Deception The Endocannabinoid System (ECS) and its Role in Scam Victim Vulnerability, Retaining Victims in Scams, and Challenges During Recovery Principal Category: Authors: • SCARS Editorial Team - Society of Citizens Against Relationship Scams Inc. • Vianey Gonzalez B.Sc(Psych) – Read More ...
