Modern antipsychotic drugs are increasingly prescribed to children and adolescents diagnosed with a broad variety of ailments. The drugs help to alleviate symptoms in some disorders, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but in others their effectiveness is questionable. Yet off-label ...
Date Posted: March 5, 2014
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Just three minutes of playing Tetris can reduce cravings for food, cigarettes and alcohol, according to a new study published in the journal Appetite.
The psychologists conclude that Tetris, a retro tile-matching puzzle game (above), may provide a ...
Mar 4
Categories: Addictions
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As far as examples of willpower go, one of the most impressive you'll ever find is the "incredible Buddha boy" chronicled in GQ a few years back by George Saunders. The boy had been meditating under a tree for seven months, evidently without food or ...
Mar 4
Categories: Control Issues
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A new study of Gulf War veterans found an association between poor sleep quality and reduced gray matter volume in the brain's frontal lobe, which helps control important processes such as working memory and executive function.
Mar 3
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD, Sleep ...
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A growing number of therapists in Australia are swapping consultation rooms for corrals and using horses to heal people with mental health conditions.
Equine psychotherapists are qualified mental health practitioners trained to facilitate sessions ...
Mar 3
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A commercial sponsored by Pfizer, the drug company that manufactures the antidepressant Zoloft, asserts, "While the cause [of depression] is unknown, depression may be related to an imbalance of natural chemicals between nerve cells in the brain. ...
Mar 3
Categories: Depression
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"No sex during training!" This may sound familiar to those of you in competitive sports and even more so for professional fighters. A recent study may help us to better establish the link between previous experiences, in this case, a woman’s ...
Mar 1
Categories: Aggression & Violence
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Increasing acidity in the brain's emotional control center reduces anxiety, according to an animal study published February 26 in The Journal of Neuroscience. The findings suggest a new mechanism for the body's control of fear and anxiety, and point ...
Mar 1
Categories: Anxiety
GOPETALING JAYA: Maids should be screened for mental health before being employed to avoid future cases of abuse, urged the Malaysian Maid Employers Association (Mama). Its president Engku Ahmad Fauzi Engku Muhsein also proposed that employers be ...
Mar 1
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Psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl once wrote, “Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose.” For most people, feeling happy and finding life meaningful are both important and related ...
Feb 28
Categories: Happiness, Life Purpose / Meaning / Inner-Guidance
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Procrastination and impulsivity are both bad habits. They cause problems in school, at work, in life. But psychologically, they would seem to have little in common. Impulsivity, after all, is all about now - wanting and needing something ...
Feb 28
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A new University of British Columbia study identifies an important molecular change that occurs in the brain when we learn and remember.
Published this month in Nature Neuroscience, the research shows that learning stimulates our brain cells in a ...
Feb 27
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SINGAPORE - To help those who have recovered from mental illness secure jobs and reintegrate into society, Kaplan Singapore has worked with the Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH) to introduce a series of courses designed to equip them ...
Feb 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Workplace Issues
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The government is being urged to set up a mental-health commission to manage the problems of long-term patients and fill the gap left by the present lack of an overall strategy.
The call from the Hong Kong Mental Health Council said current policy ...
Feb 27
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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A new study from Cornell University investigates the extent to which people overestimates the extent to which their actions and appearance are noted by others.
Most of us stand out in our own minds. Whether in the midst of a personal triumph or an ...
Feb 26
Categories: Self-Confidence, Self-Criticism, Self-Esteem
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