Most visual hallucinations are associated with illnesses such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, migraines, and some forms of dementia, but healthy people can also experience hallucinations, from drugs, sleep deprivation, or loss of vision.
Date Posted: October 26, 2016
Categories: Schizophrenia
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Noise pollution is a lot worse for you than you'd have thought. According to the World Health Organisation, it's the second biggest environmental cause of health problems in humans after air pollution. Studies from 2012 suggested it contributed to ...
Oct 26
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Beyond Blue chairman Jeff Kennett has called for the performance bonuses of chief executives to be partially linked to the mental wellbeing of their employees.
In a speech to the Business Council of Australia’s Mentally Healthy Workplaces ...
Oct 26
Categories: Workplace Issues
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With Black Friday, Christmas shopping and the winter sales all approaching, consumers around the world will once again overindulge in systematic unplanned purchases that provide little more than a short-term emotional fix. At times, this can cause ...
Oct 25
Categories: Compulsive Spending / Shopping
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Psychologists are exploring complementary therapies and integrated approaches to better treat the complex problem of chronic pain. More effort is being put into studying complementary therapies, including hypnosis, meditation and yoga, that may ease ...
Oct 25
Categories: Chronic Pain, Hypnosis, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation, Pain ...
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Anecdotal reports of dishonesty escalating over time are common. Thus, a team of researchers from University College London (U.C.L.) and Duke University decided to investigate. The team's findings confirm in a laboratory setting that dishonesty ...
Oct 25
Categories: Antisocial personality, Other
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New research has found that growing up in a warm family environment in childhood is associated with feeling more secure in romantic relationships in one's 80s. The findings show that men who grew up in caring homes were more adept at managing ...
Oct 22
Categories: Adult psychological development, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, ...
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For millions of parents who raise children in two homes, tricky problems and emotional volatility often greatly complicates their negotiations. The pain of lost love can propel former partners to act impulsively out of hurt, anger or spite. The fear ...
Oct 22
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Divorce / Divorce Adjustment, Family ...
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The type of fat you eat matters, but a new study suggests that the benefits of good fats vanish when stress enters the picture. This study is the first to show that stress has the potential to cancel out benefits of choosing healthier fats.
Oct 22
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Health Psychology, Stress ...
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Growing up in a well-off home can benefit a child’s physical health even decades later, but a lack of parent-child warmth, or the presence of abuse, may eliminate the health advantage of a privileged background, according to a Baylor University ...
Oct 21
Categories: Child Development, Parenting
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Practising mindfulness - spending time paying attention to your current mental experiences in a non-judgmental way - has been associated with many beneficial outcomes, including reduced anxiety and improved decision making (although note, there ...
Oct 21
Categories: Mindfulness
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Ever worried that all the information you've crammed in during a study session might not stay in your memory? The answer might be going for a run, according to a new study published in Cognitive Systems Research.
Oct 20
Categories: Academic Issues
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Mindfulness is currently a hot topic in psychology, and beyond. Given the wealth of research on mindfulness, as well as dissenting opinions regarding the efficacy and effectiveness of mindfulness, what exactly is mindfulness?
Oct 20
Categories: Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness Meditation
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Despite overwhelming scientific evidence endorsed by the most prestigious medical organizations in the world, there is still a multitude of inaccurate information circulating about Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), leading to ...
Oct 19
Categories: Adult ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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Pregnant women dissatisfied in their relationship have an increased risk of infectious diseases. This also affects their children.
Oct 19
Categories: Child Development, Family Problems
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Family fun often means new activities and destinations but a new study suggests leisure time spent at home in familiar pastimes may be a better route to happiness.
Oct 19
Categories: Family Problems, Happiness
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