Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood, often lasting into adulthood. Though it is commonly treated with a "stimulant" medication, there have been concerns that such drugs could stunt a child's growth. Now, a new study suggests ...
Date Posted: September 2, 2014
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Child ...
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Staff working in offices designed to be lean and devoid of greenery, are happier and more productive when those environments are enriched with plants, say researchers who conducted the largest field study of its kind.
Sep 2
Categories: Adult psychological development, Happiness, Workplace Issues
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A new study in mice suggests that serotonin deficiency may not play as influential a role in depression as has previously been thought.
Sep 2
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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Lots of people experience depression, while others just have bad days or just are feeling down on themselves. No matter why they're depressed, sad, or unmotivated to do much of anything, one thing is certain — it's a tough feeling to experience. ...
Sep 1
Categories: Depression, Post Partum Depression
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A new study finds that while wearing gaze-monitoring devices may initially encourage more socially-acceptable looking behaviours, the effect doesn't last.
Sep 1
Categories: Adult psychological development
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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 ...
Sep 1
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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