Hats Off to Psychology Today ! Psychology Tip! A Master's degree takes around two years and a doctoral degree 4 to 6 years to complete. Students who want more clinical training and are not very interested in research can go for a PsyD, Doctor of Psychology, instead of a traditional Ph. I recently reported on my obsessive compulsive behavior and how I found Psychology Today. That's where I caught OCD, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. See http://www.psychologytoday.com/conditions/ocd.htm Fortunately I didn't catch the extreme related disease of trichotillomania which is "the repeated urge to pull out scalp hair, eyelashes, eyebrows or other body hair." Such an urge would be futile for me as I am as bald as Mount Baldy in the Uinta Mountains of Utah. Anyway, I've saved one heck of a lot of time since I read the article on OCD at the stated reference. Here are some examples of daily time savings: Not checking if I still have my car keys in my pocket while shopping: 3 minutes Not paying attention to the thought I wish I were a millionaire: 7 minutes Not checking again and again if the front, back, and garage doors are locked: 12 minutes Paying no attention to the urge to draw up grandiose plans: 17 minutes Ignoring the urge to write down 17 new article ideas: 10 minutes Not checking to see if my wallet is still in my pocket: 6 minutes Psychology Tip! That branch of applied psychology which is concerned with the collection, examination and presentation of evidence for judicial purposes' (Haward 1981). Ignoring the thought that I sold Microsoft too soon on seven occasions: 4 minutes Not thinking about my lack of expertise at option trading: 3 minutes Not designing another direct mail get-rich scheme: 25 minutes Not reading every word in junk mail: 17 minutes Let's see that is 104 minutes a day or almost two hours. Oh, I forgot a couple: Not trying to memorize π to 50 decimal places: 12 minutes Not starting a new novel: 4 minutes Now that makes 120 minutes or 2 hours a day. I think we can increase these time savings. Let's see- Psychology Tip! The debate as to what is and what isn't forensic psychology rests primarily on the nature of psychology's relationship with the legal system. Wait! My wife told me to "Get off of it!" Thanks, Psychology Today! John T. Jones, Ph.D. (tjbooks@hotmail.com, a retired VP of R&D for Lenox China, is author of detective & western novels, nonfiction (business, scientific, engineering, humor), poetry, etc. Former editor of Ceramic Industry Magazine. He is Executive Representative of IWS sellers of Tyler Hicks wealth-success books and kits. He also sells TopFlight flagpoles. He calls himself "Taylor Jones, the hack writer." More info: http://www.tjbooks.com