If you think you’re hearing the word “empathy” everywhere, you’re right. It’s now on the lips of scientists and business leaders, education experts and political activists. But there is a vital question that few people ask: How can I expand my own empathic potential? Empathy is not just a way to extend the boundaries of your moral ...
Date Posted: August 27, 2013
Categories: Empathy
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New research has uncovered the reason why some people seem to dislike everything while others seem to like everything. Apparently, it’s all part of our individual personality – a dimension that researchers have coined “dispositional ...
Aug 27
Categories: Personality problems
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KUALA LUMPUR: One per cent of Malaysia's total population suffer from mental problems, with another 20% having mental health problems, like depression, stress and anxiety, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya.
The ministry, he ...
Aug 27
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Australia - One in every three young West Australians will struggle with some sort of mental health issue so it makes sense to provide accurate information and support to young people in their own sphere- the online world.
But it's not just young ...
Aug 26
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Learning to deal with difficult people is like learning a foreign language. It's well, shall we say, difficult? But as challenging as it is to develop fluency in conflict situations, it's just as hard, if not harder, to learn to detach yourself ...
Aug 26
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A new study by the Institute on Asian Consumer Insight (ACI) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has decoded the psychological make-up of Asian consumers. They value the family, believe in hard work, and are financially conservative. They ...
Aug 26
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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When it comes to getting preschoolers to share their toys, a new study finds that giving them a choice to share, rather than a reward, helps them share more with others in the future.
In new evidence announced Monday, investigators from Cornell ...
Aug 26
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child Development
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Volunteering may be good for your health, reveals a large systematic review and meta-analysis led by the University of Exeter Medical School.
Volunteering can improve mental health and help you live longer, finds the study which is published in the ...
Aug 24
GOSingapore - The first insurance scheme here designed for children and young adults with autism has seen some 50 applications since its launch last week, as well as sparked calls urging insurers to consider schemes for those with mental illnesses, ...
Aug 24
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders
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Researchers at Princeton University are developing ways to use mobile phones to explore how one’s environment influences one’s sense of well-being.
In a study involving volunteers who agreed to provide information about their feelings and ...
Aug 24
Categories: Happiness
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KUALA LUMPUR: While it is normal to want to maintain an ideal weight to remain healthy and attractive, it is, however, abnormal to obsess over it until one resorts to unhealthy methods.
Malaysian Mental Health Association deputy president ...
Aug 23
Categories: Eating Disorders
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Anxiety disorders, which include posttraumatic stress disorder, social phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorder, affect 40 million American adults in a given year. Currently available treatments, such as antianxiety drugs, are not always effective ...
Aug 23
Categories: Anxiety
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KUCHING: Hundreds of mental health professionals are in town for the 3rd Asia Pacific Rim International Counselling and Psychotherapy Conference 2013.
Counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists from countries such as New Zealand, Australia, ...
Aug 23
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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The researchers recruited 72 volunteers and measured their ‘cognitive flexibility’ described as a person’s ability to adapt and switch between tasks, and think about multiple ideas at a given time to solve problems.
Two groups of volunteers ...
Aug 22
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New research shows that in a dynamic mind-body interaction during the interpretation of prolonged stress, cells from the immune system are recruited to the brain and promote symptoms of anxiety.
The findings, in a mouse model, offer a new ...
Aug 22
Categories: Mood Swings / Bipolar, Stress Management
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When you share your lunch with someone less fortunate or give your friend half of your dessert, does that act of generosity flow from the milk of human kindness, or is it a subconscious strategy to assure reciprocity should you one day find yourself ...
Aug 22
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