Three out of five secondary school pupils have either experienced mental health problems themselves or are close to someone who has, according to a new survey. research by the charity Mind also revealed that one in seven of 11-19-year-olds say their mental health is either poor or very poor. ...
Date Posted: July 3, 2019
Categories: Child Development, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Mental Health ...
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Vaping has remained under the radar for many years, evidence continues to accumulate about its potential harm in adolescents. Also notable is what they are vaping – high school seniors are not just vaping nicotine, but compounds of marijuana can ...
Jul 3
Categories: Child Development
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About 1 in 10 babies in the United States is born premature. These children are at an increased risk for adverse outcomes across a broad spectrum of neurodevelopmental domains, including language skills. They also are at an increased risk for ...
Jul 3
Categories: Child Development
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Early utterances in toddlers may be a result of the Recency Effect, rather than an indication of their understanding in the meaning of the words they say. Recent studies have shown that the Recency Effect plays a role in decision making when it ...
Jul 2
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Stress can reduce our ability to remember negative events, according to researchers from Harvard University.
Jul 2
Categories: Stress Management
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A Newcastle University study involving thousands of families is helping prospective parents work out if they are likely to have sons or daughters.
Jul 1
Categories: Pregnancy & Birthing
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The ‘Illusory Truth Effect’ is the tendency to believe repeated claims as truth. Psychologists have named this phenomenon the ‘illusory truth effect’ and it seems to stem from the fact that we find it easier to process information that we ...
Jul 1
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Scientists Keegan Melstom and Randall Irmis at the National Museum of Utah at the University of Utah have found multiple ancient groups of crocodyliforms – the group including living and extinct relatives of crocodiles and alligators – were not ...
Jun 29
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Does serotonin help you sleep, or does it make you more awake? As previous research on serotonin has provided contrasting results, scientists have conducted a study to put this debate to sleep.
Jun 28
Categories: Other, Sleep Disorders
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In social settings where numerous faces are present, how do we quickly decide with group of people to interact with?
Jun 28
Categories: Other
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Patients diagnosed with bipolar disorder often take years to receive suitable treatment due to misdiagnosis and inconsistent treatments. Not being able to get the right treatment early can have an impact on various aspects of life, including careers ...
Jun 27
Categories: Bipolar, Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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The desire to gain weight through vigorous exercising and strict diets might be related to the development of muscularity-oriented eating disorders, rather than indicating a healthy lifestyle.
Jun 26
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Are you someone’s foodie call? Studies have found that setting up dates in order to get free meals is linked to personality traits associated with manipulative and deceptive behaviours in romantic relationships.
Jun 26
Categories: Other, Personality problems, Relationships & Marriage
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About a tenth of adolescents across the globe has been the victim of psychological or physical violence from classmates at least once in their lives. New study by researchers at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) has shown that victims ...
Jun 25
Categories: Child Development
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There is increasing recognition that while our personality traits are stable enough to shape our lives profoundly, they are also partly malleable – which can be changed by our choices and experiences. Researchers says that smoking is also likely ...
Jun 25
Categories: Personality problems
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LSU Health New Orleans researchers report that women’s pre-pregnancy overweight or obesity produces changes in the breast milk, which can affect infants’ growth.
Jun 24
Categories: Child Development
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