Depression may be better predicted and understood now that University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered that young adults who previously experienced the mental illness have hyper-connected emotional and cognitive networks in the brain.
Date Posted: September 1, 2014
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Gambling is perceived by many individuals as merely a form of entertainment – an outlet for stress and perhaps even a form of "therapy" where person can kick back and have fun. Over the past few years, gambling has grown into a popular global ...
Aug 30
Categories: Gambling Addiction
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Research indicates that ADHD sufferers are more likely to have sleep abnormalities, a harder time getting to sleep, and a harder time staying awake during the day.
Aug 30
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Sleep ...
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Mention psychopathic personality traits and the mind turns to criminals. The archetype is a callous killer who entraps his victims with a smile and easy charm. However, recent years have seen an increasing recognition that psychopathic traits are on ...
Aug 29
Categories: Adult psychological development
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Stimulating a particular region in the brain via non-invasive delivery of electrical current using magnetic pulses, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, improves memory, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
Aug 29
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Adult psychological ...
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It's common knowledge that teenage boys seem predisposed to risky behaviors. Now, a series of new studies is shedding light on specific brain mechanisms that help to explain what might be going on inside juvenile male brains.
Aug 29
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Oppositional & ...
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McLean Hospital researchers are reporting that xenon gas, used in humans for anesthesia and diagnostic imaging, has the potential to be a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other memory-related disorders.
Aug 28
Categories: Complex PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / ...
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Having expectant parents role-play interacting with an infant using a doll can help predict which couples may be headed for co-parenting conflicts when their baby arrives.
Aug 28
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Over confident people can fool others into believing they are more talented than they actually are, a study has found.
Aug 28
Categories: Self-Doubt, Self-Esteem, Self-Love
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You already know the "secret" to happiness: Do something nice for someone else. Now, some new research takes that idea one step further, finding that getting more specific about the random act of kindness you're planning can actually end up making ...
Aug 27
Categories: Happiness
GOSINGAPORE - Anxiety, insomnia and helplessness - Pauline (not her real name) recognised these could be symptoms of mild depression while taking a mental health survey at a community event nearly one-and-a-half years ago. Worried that her friends ...
Aug 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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A mindfulness-based therapy for depression has the added benefit of reducing health-care visits among patients who often see their family doctors, according to a new study by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and the Institute for ...
Aug 26
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Exercising to improve our cardiovascular strength may protect us from cognitive impairment as we age, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Montreal and its affiliated Institut universitaire de gératrie de Montréal Research ...
Aug 26
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Mental Health in Asia
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Getting professional help for dealing with your persistent fears and anxieties is the single most important step in your recovery.
Aug 26
Categories: Anxiety, Fear, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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"There are plenty more fish in the sea" - a saying that many of us may have heard, particularly when coming out of a relationship. But a new study finds that the more fish we catch, the less likely we are to end up in a happy marriage.
Aug 25
Categories: Happiness, Relationships & Marriage
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Strongly influenced by their self-interest, humans do not protest being overcompensated, even when there are no consequences, researchers in Georgia State University's Brains and Behavior Program have found.
Aug 25
Categories: Self-Care / Self Compassion, Self-Love
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