Watch this fascinating video on depression, how it affect millions of people around the world and those around them, and how there is hope for all.
Date Posted: January 3, 2014
Categories: Depression
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Researchers found that the most common emotions trigger strong bodily sensations, and the bodily maps of these sensations were topographically different for different emotions. The sensation patterns were, however, consistent across different West ...
Jan 3
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Putting it mildly, 2013 was an eventful year for brain science. This Top 10 list isn't meant to be exhaustive (given how many studies are published each year, it never could be), but it's a sturdy sampling of incredible work being conducted around ...
Jan 2
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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To understand the violent criminal, says Richard E. Tremblay, imagine a 2-year-old boy doing the things that make the terrible twos terrible — grabbing, kicking, pushing, punching, biting.
Now imagine him doing all this with the body and ...
Dec 28
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Take a quick look at the white object above.
Did you see the seahorse? Chances are, even if you didn't see the image (hint: look at the black space this time), your brain still knew it was there.
Dec 28
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While tobacco use over the past couple of decades has gone down significantly, it’s still one of the country’s most entrenched habits. Finding a way to help smokers break the nicotine habit could save millions of lives. A new study has zeroed in ...
Dec 28
Categories: Addictions
GOWatch this short video explaining the conditions of Schizophrenia and Depression.
Dec 27
Categories: Depression, Schizophrenia
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Mental health experts are calling for the end to the practice of locking up and restraining patients in hospitals during mental breakdowns.
Children as young as seven are being routinely held down by hospital staff and thrown into seclusion rooms ...
Dec 27
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Main ConteThe School of Nursing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Christian Family Service Centre (CFSC) have jointly conducted a large-scale study on the family life, physical and emotional health of high school students. The ...
Dec 24
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Depression
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Philippines - The World Health Organization shared with the Philippines Department of Health information about a humane, supportive and practical help to people who are suffering after crisis events.
Called psychological first aid, this approach ...
Dec 24
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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A new study finds that people with high emotional intelligence make smarter decisions because they aren’t swayed by their current emotional state.
The emotions can provide very useful information, but sometimes they are not related to the ...
Dec 23
Categories: Emotional Intelligence
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The measure isn’t the high tech detector of romantic emotions that you might expect. Instead, it looks a lot like that familiar thing we know as our gut feeling.
Next time somebody who just went through a messy breakup says that they always knew ...
Dec 23
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Prescribing both a stimulant and an antipsychotic drug to children with physical aggression and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with teaching parents to use behavior management techniques, reduces aggressive and serious ...
Dec 23
Categories: Anger Management, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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It has long been accepted that exercise cuts the risk of heart disease, and recent studies suggest a raft of more general benefits, such as reducing the risk of certain types of cancer and even preventing the onset of Type 2 diabetes. Now it seems ...
Dec 22
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When asking someone to do something unethical, we underestimate what a difficult position we've put them in. New research suggests that to avoid social discomfort, many people will agree to perform a bad deed rather than say no.
Dec 20
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Edward Royzman, a psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, asks me to list four qualities on a piece of paper: physical attractiveness, income, kindness, and fidelity. Then he gives me 200 virtual “date points” that I’m to ...
Dec 20
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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