Alcohol abuse is highest among business owners, while the highest proportion of smokers exists among craftsmen and trades workers. The latter group also has the highest rates of diabetes and hypertension, but among the lowest rates of depression, a study on prevalence of mental and physical ...
Date Posted: May 25, 2015
Categories: Workplace Issues
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The study of twins allow us to determine whether it was genetics or environment that explains the psychological differences between individuals. However, this new study finds that the effect for genetics to environment is about 1:1 for personality, ...
May 23
Categories: Other
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Past research suggested women tend to be more prone to forgetting future tasks than men. Women also admitted that they tend to have more memory failures however this does not mean that they actually forget more often.
May 23
Categories: Men's Issues, Women's Issues
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There are bound to be times when you feel anxious in situations, regardless of your usual confidence level. When we feel anxiety or stress, we develop our own way to cope with it by engaging in various techniques like imagining the audience are ...
May 23
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Researchers at the University of Birmingham have highlighted significant similarities between the behavioural effects of oxytocin and alcohol.
May 22
Categories: Addictions
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Sometimes an event in your personal life can derail positive momentum in your professional career. These disruptions have a tendency to propel you into a state of unrest and uncertainty, where the decisions you make in the moment might not be the ...
May 22
Categories: Workplace Issues
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Scientists question if a daily dose of the well-known alkaloid is as benign as caffeine
May 21
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Smoking Cessation
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Older adults are a growing proportion of the American workforce in unprecedented numbers. For the first time since 1948, American employees over age 65 outnumber teenage workers, according to a report from AARP. Yet, older workers are still beset ...
May 21
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues
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A variety of dialectical behavior therapy interventions helped to reduce suicide attempts and nonsuicidal self-injury acts in a randomized clinical trial of women with borderline personality disorder who were highly suicidal.
May 20
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The deterioration of psychiatric and physical health caused by borderline personality disorder (BPD) rivals that of bipolar disorder, according to new research. Experts estimate that 1.6 percent of the U.S. population is diagnosed with BPD, compared ...
May 20
Categories: Bipolar, Borderline Personality Disorder
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Researchers have found a gene that links the three previously unrelated biological changes most commonly blamed for causing schizophrenia, making it one of the most promising culprits for the disease so far, and a good target for future treatments.
May 19
Categories: Schizophrenia
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Stress is a powerful influence on how we feel, emotionally, mentally and physically. This powerful technique can be used anywhere to help you relieve stress and relax. All you need is two minutes and a quiet place where you can close your eyes.
May 19
Categories: Meditation, Stress Management
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Have you ever felt anxiety fluttering its relentless wings in the center of your stomach? It might not be simple nervousness. The human gut is often called the "second brain," and for very good reason. Research has begun to understand the link ...
May 19
Categories: Anxiety
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Men who wear red clothes send out a signal that they are angry and aggressive, in much the same way as if their face had reddened, suggests research.
May 18
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Most people now acknowledge that the mind and body are inextricably linked, and problems in one are often related to problems in the other. Yet some bodily complaints seem so physically based that it is hard to imagine that any kind of talk therapy ...
May 18
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Mindfulness
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There are lots of article on human memory, however we do not remember certain memories or events. It is puzzling and interesting on why we forget things as well.
Having an accident when you were young before 3, you might recall that, but not the ...
May 16
Categories: Other, Sleep Disorders
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