Food advertising is a multi-billion dollar industry, with approximately $1.8 billion annually aimed at children and adolescents, who view between 1,000 and 2,000 ads per year. Some studies have shown that there is a relationship between receptivity to food commercials and the amount and type of ...
Date Posted: August 15, 2016
Categories: Child Development
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In today's increasingly high-paced world, stress has become part and parcel of our lives. It is well-known that chronic stress and depression are detrimental to our well-being and we are often able to tell its physical manifestation in a loved one ...
Aug 15
Categories: Stress Management
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We all know that exercise improves our physical fitness, but staying in shape can also boost our brainpower.
Aug 13
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A lack of self-control and a strong focus on rewards is strongly linked to criminal behaviour, new research finds.
Aug 13
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Writer Yuko Grover offers mothers tips for reclaiming their lives
Aug 13
Categories: Parenting
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The public is deeply skeptical about the profession—but given the problems of addiction, depression and other forms of mental illness, we need it more than ever
Aug 12
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Reading what other people are feeling is an important skill that helps us navigate conflicts, deepen relationships, and negotiate effectively.
Aug 12
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Improvements in working memory, long-term memory, executive function and more…
Aug 12
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Horticultural therapy - which encourages a person to visit green spaces and join guided group gardening activities - can have mental and physical health benefits.
This is the interim finding of an ongoing local study, called Effects Of ...
Aug 11
Categories: Mindfulness
GO"I am already dead! I have been buried." said a young south Asian girl on the psychiatric ward. Prior to her admission she had stopped going to school, and instead isolated herself in her room spending hours on the internet searching for her grave. ...
Aug 11
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Women remember more of rom-coms, men remember more from action flicks.
Aug 10
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With technology altering the therapeutic bond, something is lost but something else is gained
Aug 10
Categories: Mental Health Professions
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Depression is more than a mental disorder, it affects the body’s ability to detoxify itself.
Aug 10
Categories: Depression
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There isn’t really a huge trumpet blowing for the qualities that blossom in the children of mentally ill mothers.
Aug 8
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The latest research could be a step up in the evidence for massage therapy.
Aug 8
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According to Hollywood stereotypes, there are the clever, nerdy young people who spend most of their time sitting around thinking and reading, and then there are the jocks – the sporty, athletic lot who prefer to do as little thinking and studying ...
Aug 8
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New evidence shows the calming power of reminiscing about happy times
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