Health promotion agency VicHealth has published new research showing that people over 65 derive key health benefits from the internet, with activities like social networking playing an important role in staving off depression and reducing isolation.
The study also found that older people with internet access feel safer, volunteer more and have ...
Date Posted: October 17, 2013
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Like humans, many animals have close and stable friendships. However, until now, it has been unclear what makes particular individuals bond. Cognitive Biologists of the University of Vienna, Austria, and the University of Zurich, Switzerland, ...
Oct 12
GOKOTA BARU: About 10 per cent of Malaysia's population is projected to experience mental illness by 2020. Deputy director-general of Health (Public Health), Datuk Dr Lokman Hakim Sulaiman said the increase in the number of people aged 50 years and ...
Oct 12
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Mental health organisations across the world are raising awareness on Thursday, Oct. 10, for World Mental Health Day.
Below is a map of depression in the United States from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, based on a 2006 survey. One ...
Oct 11
Categories: Depression
GOFrom Niagara Falls and CN tower in Toronto to stadiums and city halls from Winnipeg to Langford, the world pledged to glow purple Thursday for Mental Health Day. Oct. 10 also marked the first anniversary of Amanda Todd’s death, a Port Coquitlam ...
Oct 11
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A loving touch, characterized by a slow caress or stroke - often an instinctive gesture from a mother to a child or between partners in romantic relationships – may increase the brain's ability to construct a sense of body ownership and, in turn, ...
Oct 11
Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion
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Childhood behaviour problems are a robust predictor of future physical and mental health problems, according to a preeminent Australian psychologist.
University of New South Wales Professor of Psychology, and director of the university’s Child ...
Oct 11
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Every year on 10th of October, The World Health Organization joins in celebrating the World Mental Health Day. The day is celebrated at the initiative of the World Federation of Mental Health and WHO supports this initiative through raising ...
Oct 11
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Sheldon in the Big Bang Theory has trouble knowing when Leonard or his other friends directed a sarcastic remark at him. New research shows that perhaps it's his lack of empathy for others that is causing that.
According to a new study in the ...
Oct 10
Categories: Empathy
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October is National Depression Screening Month. One in 10 Americans struggles with depression. A common misconception about depression is that it is something people can just "snap out of." Unfortunately, for those people who experience major ...
Oct 10
Categories: Depression
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Lots of people say they do. They're "carrying guilt" or "weighed down by guilt." Are these just expressions, or is there something more to these metaphors?
Princeton researcher Martin Day and Ramona Bobocel, an associate professor of psychology at ...
Oct 9
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You have probably heard and maybe even embrace the idea that money can’t buy happiness. I’ve said so myself numerous times.
But behavioral scientists and researchers Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton argue this is not exactly true. Money, if ...
Oct 9
Categories: Happiness
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Turning to the Internet to find out what ails you is common, but for folks who have trouble handling uncertainty, "cyberchondria" - the online counterpart to hypochondria - worsens as they seek answers, according to a Baylor University ...
Oct 9
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The World Health Organization has famously acknowledged that “there is no health without mental health.”
According to a report published December last year by Dietitians of Canada, nutrition is thought to play a role in many ways when it comes ...
Oct 9
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New research has found that hobbies such as reading, socializing, and traveling can keep your mind engaged and boost mental health during your golden years.
Taking up a few hobbies after retirement can keep your brain sharp and fend off mental ...
Oct 9
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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What makes some people more prone to wedded bliss or sorrow than others? Researchers at UC Berkeley and Northwestern University have found a major clue in our DNA. A gene involved in the regulation of serotonin can predict how much our emotions ...
Oct 8
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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