A team of Montréal researchers at the IRCM led by Dr. Nabil G. Seidah, in collaboration with Dr. William C. Wetsel's team at Duke University in the United States, discovered that the protein PC7 plays a critical role in the brain by affecting certain types of cognitive performance such as anxiety, learning and emotional memory.
Date Posted: December 16, 2013
Categories: Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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Young people whose parents tend to fight with each other or are over involved in their kids' lives are at increased risk of depression and anxiety, according to a new comprehensive review of past studies.
Kids tend to first experience depression or ...
Dec 16
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Parenting
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Pregnant women with depression can pass the condition on to their unborn babies, research has found.
A combination of genetic and environmental factors can put children at an increased risk of anxiety and mood disorders.
This is due to changes in ...
Dec 16
Categories: Child Development, Depression, Pregnancy & Birthing
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If you have ever said or done the wrong thing at the wrong time, you should read this. Neuroscientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and the University of California, San Diego, have successfully demonstrated ...
Dec 14
Categories: Control Issues
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It is 6.06am and I’m typing this in my pyjamas. I awoke at 6.04am, walked from the bedroom to the study, switched on my computer and got to work immediately. This is unusual behaviour for me. However, it’s a tried and tested technique for ...
Dec 13
Categories: Creative Blocks
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Parental stress is linked to weight gain in children, according to a new study from St. Michael’s Hospital.
The study found that children whose parents have high levels of stress have a Body Mass Index, or BMI, about 2 per cent higher than those ...
Dec 13
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development, Parenting
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Women are turned off by sexually explicit images in advertisements. Unless, that is, the item being advertised is very precious. And valuable. And rare. Like, maybe, a once a year type gift.
At least, that’s the findings of a new study by an ...
Dec 12
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New psychology research, which could have important public health implications for alleviating some side effects of antidepressants, shows that engaging in exercise at the right time significantly improves sexual functioning in women who are taking ...
Dec 12
Categories: Depression
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Using a train-the-trainer approach, Filipino health professionals took part in a one-day workshop to learn how teach others in their communities to provide psychological first aid to support typhoon survivors.
Dec 12
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma ...
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As awareness of ADHD in adults increases, so do efforts to develop effective treatments for adults that can complement, or substitute for, medication. One promising treatment is mindfulness meditation training. In ...
Dec 11
Categories: Adult ADHD, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation
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With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body.
A new study by researchers in Wisconsin, Spain, and France reports the first evidence of ...
Dec 11
Categories: Mindfulness Meditation
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Giving of yourself -- whether it be your time, energy or money -- isn't just a boon to those you're helping. A wealth of research shows that generosity can also have benefits for the receiver, ranging from a better outlook at your job, to more years ...
Dec 11
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues
GOA habit, either good or bad is an automatic behavior that we engage in without thinking. So how do we change it?
Dec 10
Categories: Addictions, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Control Issues, Mindfulness
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My husband and I are incredibly lucky to be able to give our son what he needs and often what he wants, and we are raising him in a wonderful town in which many families do the same. Yet he’s growing up in a bubble, and that terrifies me. If he ...
Dec 10
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Across three studies, Anouk Festjens and her colleagues led over a hundred female undergrads to believe they were taking part in customer research for a clothing manufacturer. The women handled a pair of men's boxer shorts or a t-shirt and rated it ...
Dec 10
GOAlmost every language in the world uses an expression similar to ‘hurt feelings’ to describe the emotional response we have to being rejected. The question is, why are rejections so painful?
Among the various kinds of psychological injuries we ...
Dec 9
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