Post-traumatic stress disorder affects nearly 8 million adults in any given year, federal statistics show. Fortunately, clinical research has identified certain psychological interventions that effectively ameliorate the symptoms of PTSD. But most people struggling with PTSD don’t receive those treatments.
Date Posted: April 16, 2013
Categories: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex PTSD
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Watch this funny standup routine by someone who suffers from mental health issues and is able to turn it into something ...
Apr 15
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Why do some memories last a lifetime while others disappear quickly? A new study suggests that memories rehearsed, during either sleep or waking, can have an impact on memory consolidation and on what is remembered later.
Why do some memories last ...
Apr 15
GOA study tracking Google searches about mental health issues showed substantial decreases in summer versus winter, implying a lessening of symptoms during the longer, warmer days. Larry Greenemeier reports. Summer means longer days, warmer weather ...
Apr 15
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The results of a recent research paper presented shed light on the causes of a condition called "hedonic hyperphagia", a condition that affects hundreds of millions of people around the world. In simpler terms, the condition refers to eating to ...
Apr 13
Categories: Addictions
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We all know what successful people look like. They are are the ones who do whatever it takes, the ones with the sharp elbows, the ones who know how to take what is theirs. But there is a different, better path to success, argues Adam Grant, in ...
Apr 13
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The company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published research from the University of Southern California (USC).
The study, which appears in the April ...
Apr 13
Categories: Addictions
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If you could stand in someone else's shoes . . . hear what they hear. See what they see. Feel what they feel. Would you ...
Apr 12
Categories: Empathy
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Traditional Buddhists meditate in the pursuit of enlightenment. Non-religious practitioners may try it out in order to find a bit of calm or perhaps to treat anxiety or depression. But whatever their motivation, people who meditate, new research ...
Apr 12
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Those who accept their pain condition are best able to tolerate pain, while distraction can be the way to lower pain intensity, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain, the peer review publication of the American Pain Society.
A team ...
Apr 12
Categories: Pain management
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With nearly one billion users worldwide, Facebook has become a daily activity for hundreds of millions of people. Because so many people engage with the website daily, researchers are interested in how emotionally involved Facebook users become ...
Apr 11
Categories: Addictions
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First a confession: I have never understood the popular fascination with whether women (or men) are better at multitasking.
That's because multitasking is something that's best avoided for any task that needs concentration. Humans don't multitask ...
Apr 11
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We all desire self-control — the resolve to skip happy hour and go to the gym instead, to finish a report before checking Facebook, to say no to the last piece of chocolate cake. Though many struggle to resist those temptations, new research ...
Apr 11
Categories: Control Issues
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Fear of public speaking tops death and spiders as the nation’s number one phobia. But new research shows that learning to rethink the way we view our shaky hands, pounding heart, and sweaty palms can help people perform better both mentally and ...
Apr 10
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia, Stress Management
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Why is it that some people rack their brains for new ideas, only to come up empty—while others seem to shake them almost effortlessly out of their sleeves?
Whether creativity is an innate gift or a cognitive process that anyone can jump-start ...
Apr 10
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With the word “team” ubiquitous to the point of cliché in the business world, the new research indicates that teams improve their performance when they meet in a structured environment in which each member reflects on his or her role and how it ...
Apr 10
Categories: Sports Psychology
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