How social media users create and monitor their online personas may hint at their feelings of self-esteem and self-determination, according to an international team of researchers.
"The types of actions users take and the kinds of information they are adding to their Facebook walls and profiles are a refection of their identities," said S. Shyam ...
Date Posted: September 16, 2013
Categories: Self-Esteem
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NFP organisation beyondblue has announced today it will offer free or heavily-subsidised training to male-dominated workplaces across Australia to improve the mental health of workers, reduce male suicide rates, and increase business’ ...
Sep 14
Categories: Men's Issues
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A new study by Albright College associate professor of psychology Susan Hughes, Ph.D., has found that people unknowingly assessed their own recorded voice as sounding more attractive in comparison to how others rated their voices, which is ...
Sep 14
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Malaysia - Sept 10 marked this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day. It aims to create awareness regarding suicide, mental health and the support groups available.
An estimate of one million people die of suicide worldwide each year. That is an ...
Sep 14
Categories: Suicide Prevention
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One day last spring, James Wade sat cross-legged on the carpet and called his kindergarten class to order. As the children formed a circle, Wade asked the 5-year-olds to think about “anything happening at home, or at school, that’s a problem, ...
Sep 13
Categories: Emotional Intelligence
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Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that oxytocin — often referred to as "the love hormone" because of its importance in the formation and maintenance of strong mother-child and sexual attachments — is involved ...
Sep 13
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Rising rates of self-harm among young Australians have sparked warnings that social media use is partly to blame.
Self-image support group The Butterfly Foundation says its helpline has been under growing demand in recent years.
Calls for help ...
Sep 13
Categories: Self-Harm
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Day in and day out, we make decisions--some tough, some trivial, some good, some bad. And as Yale University neurobiologist Dr. Daeyeol Lee told The Huffington Post in an email, "poor decision-making in many domains, including finance, family, and ...
Sep 12
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In a new study looking at toddlers and preschoolers with autism, researchers found that children with better motor skills were more adept at socializing and communicating.
Published online today in the journal Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, ...
Sep 12
Categories: Autism spectrum disorders, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Child ...
GOMental health experts want to halve Australia's suicide rate over the next 10 years. The National Coalition for Suicide Prevention (NCSP) launched the plan on Tuesday, which is World Suicide Prevention Day. Sue Murray, chief executive of Suicide ...
Sep 12
Categories: Suicide Prevention
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The human brain is exquisitely adept at linking seemingly random details into a cohesive memory that can trigger myriad associations—some good, some not so good. For recovering addicts and individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder ...
Sep 11
GOI’m pretty sure my wife asked me to do something this morning. I think it’s important and I know if I don’t do it I will miss a deadline or an appointment or a mortgage payment. Or maybe not. I honestly don’t know, and the reason is simple: ...
Sep 11
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Positive interactions in a pre-kindergarten classroom may be equally or more important to the future academic development of 4-year-olds than learning letters and numbers, according to Dale Farran, senior associate director of the Peabody Research ...
Sep 11
Categories: Child Development
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Today is World Suicide Prevention Day, co-sponsored by the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the World Health Organisation. First observed in 2003, the theme of this year's event is "Stigma: A Major Barrier to Suicide Prevention". ...
Sep 10
Categories: Suicide Prevention
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Parents who yell at their adolescent children for misbehaving can cause some of the same problems as hitting them would, including increased risk of depression and aggressive behavior, according to a new study.
A good, warm relationship with Mom ...
Sep 10
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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What happens when you tell a lie? Set aside your ethical concerns for a moment—after all, lying is a habit we practice with astonishing dexterity and frequency, whether we realize it or not. What goes on in your brain when you willfully deceive ...
Sep 10
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