http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/12/02/does-money-buy-happiness-no-and-the-answer-of-what-does-buy-happiness-may-surprise-you/ by Dr. Andrew Gottlieb Wed, 28 Apr 2010 01:54:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/12/02/does-money-buy-happiness-no-and-the-answer-of-what-does-buy-happiness-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-37534 Nance Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:35:46 +0000 http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/?p=116#comment-37534 This study and its results would have been really handy when I was practicing in a psychotherapy-phobic region of the country. Actually, I was plenty busy. It's not the patients who need this the most; it's the HMO's and the federal programs that pay so poorly for therapy, including Medicare. As those rates dropped, I moved more and more to self-pay, until, in the last five years, I dealt with no third-party payers at all. A little more money and a little less hassle from them would have made this retired psychotherapist very happy, indeed. In fact, I'd probably still be working. Any hope of replication of this study? This study and its results would have been really handy when I was practicing in a psychotherapy-phobic region of the country. Actually, I was plenty busy. It’s not the patients who need this the most; it’s the HMO’s and the federal programs that pay so poorly for therapy, including Medicare. As those rates dropped, I moved more and more to self-pay, until, in the last five years, I dealt with no third-party payers at all. A little more money and a little less hassle from them would have made this retired psychotherapist very happy, indeed. In fact, I’d probably still be working. Any hope of replication of this study?

]]> http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/2009/12/02/does-money-buy-happiness-no-and-the-answer-of-what-does-buy-happiness-may-surprise-you/comment-page-1/#comment-33957 Nick Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:56:15 +0000 http://www.PsychologyLounge.com/?p=116#comment-33957 Hi, Interesting thoughts! I believe it’s not possible to make a general statement on whether money makes people more or less happy. Money comes with a whole set of new elements that may have good or bad impact on our happiness, and depending on how susceptible we are to every one of them, the conclusion will go one way or the other (i.e. different from person to person). I recently made an effort to provide a more comprehensive picture of what these ad- and disadvantages are. I invite you to have a look at <a href="http://www.spreadinghappiness.org/2009/08/money- how-much-should-we-strive-for-it-to-become-happy" rel="nofollow">Money and Happiness</a> and tell me what you think! Thank you, Nick Hi,
Interesting thoughts! I believe it’s not possible to make a general statement on whether money makes people more or less happy. Money comes with a whole set of new elements that may have good or bad impact on our happiness, and depending on how susceptible we are to every one of them, the conclusion will go one way or the other (i.e. different from person to person). I recently made an effort to provide a more comprehensive picture of what these ad- and disadvantages are. I invite you to have a look at Money and Happiness and tell me what you think!
Thank you, Nick

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