Children who experience profound neglect have been found to be more prone to a behavior known as "indiscriminate friendliness," characterized by an inappropriate willingness to approach adults, including strangers.
Date Posted: December 4, 2013
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
GOThe country’s first integrated mental health information system was launched Monday in a bid to address effectively the needs of patients suffering from mental illness. The creation of an information system was prompted by a campaign of Janssen ...
Dec 4
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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A single dose of the hormone oxytocin, delivered via nasal spray, has been shown to enhance brain activity while processing social information in children with autism spectrum disorders, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in a new study ...
Dec 3
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child Development
GOWatch this interesting animation on how we start quantifying objects from 5 months and the way it affects our spending habits as ...
Dec 3
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Contrary to the received wisdom, long distance relationships can work, according to new research published in the Journal of Communication. The study, which contradicts much standard dating advice, was inspired by the increasing numbers of people ...
Dec 3
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Certain fears can be inherited through the generations, a provocative study of mice reports. The authors suggest that a similar phenomenon could influence anxiety and addiction in humans. But some researchers are sceptical of the findings because a ...
Dec 2
Categories: Fear
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Economists have shed light on the vexed question of whether economic development can buy happiness – and it seems that life satisfaction actually dips among people living in the wealthiest countries.
Politicians are intensely interested in the ...
Dec 2
Categories: Happiness
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A study published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience points, for the first time, to the gene trkC as a factor in susceptibility to the disease. The researchers define the specific mechanism for the formation of fear memories which will help in ...
Dec 2
Categories: Panic issues
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Although newlyweds may not be completely aware of it, they may know whether their march down the aisle will result in wedded bliss or an unhappy marriage, according to new study led by a Florida State University researcher.
Associate Professor of ...
Nov 30
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Thinking fondly about the past can make you more excited about what's to come, according to a new study.
Nostalgia seems to spur optimism for the future because it "raises self-esteem which in turn heightens optimism," study researcher Dr. Tim ...
Nov 30
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According to the International Transport Forum Malaysia has one of the highest death rates from road traffic accidents in the world. While the number of road deaths continues to rise in Malaysia the number in the United Kingdom is much lower and ...
Nov 30
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They may not always know how to convey what they feel through words, so art can be a medium to help young patients in recovering from injuries and illnesses.
An art therapy programme started by KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital (KKH) for ...
Nov 29
Categories: Art Therapy
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Children should not be kept in orphanages as it compromises their mental health, says a counsellor and foster care specialist.
Mental health counsellor and foster care specialist Lari Baty Cannon said keeping children in orphanages affected their ...
Nov 29
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Doris Lessing, the freewheeling Nobel Prize-winning writer on racism, colonialism, feminism and communism who died Sunday at age 94, was prolific for most of her life. But five years ago, she said the writing had dried up.
“Don’t imagine ...
Nov 28
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Creative Blocks
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TAU researchers say repeatedly exposing yourself to a negative event may prevent it from affecting you.
Psychology shows that it doesn't take much to put you in a bad mood. Just reading the morning news can do it. And being in a bad mood slows your ...
Nov 28
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Even after a disaster like Typhoon Haiyan, which ravaged the Philippines, kids have energy to burn.
Toronto social services worker Sandra Damota is in one of the devastated areas to ensure that some of those kids have a mentally healthy outlet for ...
Nov 28
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma ...
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