Nathan Filer's debut novel, The Shock Of The Fall, is a haunting and powerful take on guilt, death and mental illness and has won best first novel at the 2014 Costa Book Awards.
Date Posted: February 3, 2014
Categories: Schizophrenia
GOFifty years ago there was a revolution in psychology which changed the way we think about the mind. The ‘cognitive revolution’ ...
Jan 30
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Hong Kong - There are 198 paragraphs in this year's policy address, but only one addresses the issue of mental health.
Enhancing the standard of care is an important component of any mental health strategy, be it regional or national, but the ...
Jan 29
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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If someone volunteers at a charity hoping to reel in a love interest, is that act still viewed as altruistic? Not likely, according to a study published in the January edition of Psychological Science.
Yale University researchers found that people ...
Jan 29
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Public surveys show many people view suicide as morally wrong. When you ask them why, they usually refer to the harm caused to the deceased's family and friends, and to the victim themselves. However, a fascinating new study uncovers evidence ...
Jan 28
Categories: Suicide Prevention
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A University of Toronto report based on two neural imaging studies that monitored brain activity has found a reward given for telling the truth gives people greater satisfaction than the same reward given for deceit.
Jan 28
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Modern gaming technology has enhanced the fantasy experience in ways that Thurber could never have imagined, so that it's now possible to enter virtual worlds and, as avatars, assume not only the identity but the perspective of fantastic characters. ...
Jan 27
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Mindfulness training in schools has been found to reduce and even prevent depression in adolescents.
The finding comes from research carried out in 408 students between the ages of 13 and 20 who were studying at five schools in Flanders, Belgium.
Jan 27
Categories: Child Development, Teenage Issues
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The more parents exaggerate vowels and raise the pitch of their voices when talking to babies, the more the babies babble, new research shows. Common advice to new parents is that the more words babies hear, the faster their vocabulary grows. The ...
Jan 27
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GOWatch this interesting video on whether playing video games isn't simply a waste of time but can actually benefit you mentally.
Jan 25
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As the climate heats up, tempers may follow suit, according to a study published in August 2013 in Nature. Analyzing 60 quantitative studies across fields as disparate as archaeology, criminology, economics, geography, history, political science and ...
Jan 25
Categories: Anger Management
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Have you ever dreamt of arguing with your partner, or dreamt they were unfaithful, and then - irrational as it may be - found yourself in a bad mood with them the next day? This will be a familiar scenario to many, and yet such apparent effects of ...
Jan 24
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
GOThe love hormone, the monogamy hormone, the cuddle hormone, the trust-me drug: oxytocin has many nicknames. That’s because this ...
Jan 24
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Cognitive psychologist Mary Czerwinski and her boyfriend were having a vigorous argument as they drove to Vancouver, B.C., from Seattle, where she works at Microsoft Research. She can’t remember the subject, but she does recall that suddenly, his ...
Jan 24
Categories: Mood Swings / Bipolar
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A new study has found that men drinking heavily in mid-life experience faster declines in their cognitive abilities.
The study, published in the journal Neurology, found that men who drank the equivalent of 2.5 drinks per day showed faster declines ...
Jan 23
Categories: Addictions
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The estimated 9 percent of college students who have symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are likely to drink more alcohol than peers without the psychological condition. In turn, heavy alcohol consumption exacerbates their PTSD ...
Jan 22
Categories: Addictions, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex ...
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