Using a mobile app without any perceived benefits can compound your anxiety about your mental health problems.
Date Posted: November 2, 2015
Categories: Health Psychology, Self-Care / Self Compassion
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You can increase the size of your muscles by pumping iron and improve your stamina with aerobic training. Can you get smarter by exercising — or altering — your brain?
Oct 31
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Aging & Geriatric Issues
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Scare tactics informed by brain science.
Oct 31
Categories: Fear, Other
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Self-awareness involves recognising the many selves in you, both primary and disowned, and how they affect your thoughts, feelings and behaviour. What are primary and disowned selves, and how do they work in you?
Oct 30
Categories: Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, Self-Care / Self Compassion
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It is possible to both do good and make money.
Oct 29
Categories: Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance, Mental Health Professions, ...
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Might the scapegoat of a family benefit from being scapegoated?
Oct 29
Categories: Adult psychological development, Blended Family Issues
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My dependence on devices reached an embarrassing low recently. As I hurried to leave for work one morning, I patted my back pocket and realized I did not have my phone. Seconds later, in a fully automatic behavioral response, I patted my back pocket ...
Oct 28
Categories: Phobias
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A five week treatment with the synthetic hormone oxytocin significantly improved social, emotional and behavioral issues among young children with autism, according to a University of Sydney research.
Oct 28
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Contrary to popular belief, an individual's personality is only slightly affected by their birth position among siblings, according to a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Oct 27
Categories: Child Development
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Without good communication skills and quality time dedicated to communicating, relationships soon flounder and fail, especially among couples with the stress of careers and a full family life. Couples need to learn that their relationship is not a ...
Oct 26
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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How can you tell if someone is depressed? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) -- the 'bible' of psychiatry -- diagnoses depression when patients tick off a certain number of symptoms on the DSM checklist.
Oct 26
Categories: Depression
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Receiving praise and recognition in the workplace motivates us for simple tasks but not for more complex projects, according to a new study co-authored by a University of Greenwich academic.
Oct 23
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Being better at reading facial emotions is just one of the benefits of being prone to guilt.
Oct 23
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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Talk therapy coupled with early intervention and low doses of anti-psychotic medication can be more effective for people with schizophrenia than routine treatment, a major US study said Tuesday.
Oct 22
Categories: Schizophrenia
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Scientists are discovering something very peculiar about aging: How we feel about getting old matters. A lot.
Oct 22
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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New evidence shows the calming power of reminiscing about happy times
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Should we get worked up over Halloween costumes?