Transgender individuals tend to experience relatively high levels of poor mental health, research indicates. Recent studies suggest that involvement in trans activism may be related to greater, not lesser, degrees of distress. Other factors, such as undergoing hormonal and surgical procedures, are ...
Date Posted: July 17, 2020
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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A group of researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have further refined the use of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. By accurately localizing electrode placement in the brains of patients, ...
Jul 16
Categories: Obsessions & Compulsions (OCD)
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Most people can remember where they were on 9/11, or what the weather was like on the day their first child was born. Memories about world events on Sept, 10, or lunch last Tuesday, have long been erased.
Why are memories attached to emotions so ...
Jul 15
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What happens if you grow up with a grandparent living in your home? Does the prolonged contact counter prejudices, biases and stereotypes of the elderly? Or might it instead encourage negative perceptions of older people as being slow, angry or ...
Jul 14
Categories: Family Problems
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A collaborative study between Swinburne and University of Melbourne researchers has found that individuals with a pre-existing mood disorder reported higher levels of depression, anxiety and stress during the early stages of the COVID-19 situation ...
Jul 8
Categories: Mood Swings / Bipolar
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UConn Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dimitris Xygalatas studies rituals and how they impact our health. In new research published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, Xygalatas and collaborators from Masaryk University, Czech ...
Jul 7
Categories: Anxiety
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Psychologists have found evidence that fans of apocalyptic movies - where global order is upturned - may be more resilient and better prepared to deal with the coronavirus pandemic than the rest of us.
Jul 6
Categories: Mental Health in Asia
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It depends, says the research team from the University of Rochester. Such relationships require effective and trusted communication between all the individuals involved to be successful.
Oct 31
Categories: Relationships & Marriage
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Eye gaze helps infants communicate. Through everyday interaction, eye gaze establishes a social connection between parent and child and is linked to early word learning.
Oct 30
Categories: Child Development
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Researchers invited parents, with their nine-month-olds into the lab to look a short picture stories with either expected or unexpected physical and social outcomes. From the perspectives of infants, observing new or unexpected events allowed ...
Oct 26
Categories: Child Development
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People often engage in what is called ‘yo-yo dieting’, which involves them overeating due to enjoyment, then attempt to rectify their food intake by reducing their food consumption. This results in a cycle of them going through periods of ...
Oct 25
Categories: Eating Disorders
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In romantic relationships, our psychological needs for belonging, security and personal growth are usually met by our significant other. However, when they are unable to fulfil these needs, we may turn to other aspects of life to satisfy them. While ...
Oct 24
Categories: Ending a relationship issues
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Neural circuit basis for motor learning tasks when myelination is impaired has been illuminated for the first time by an international collaboration of university research teams. They have succeeded in compensating for the impaired motor learning ...
Oct 23
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Researchers have found that students who take part in exercises like star jumps or running on the spot during school lessons do better in tests than peers who stick to sedentary learning.
Oct 19
Categories: Child Development
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A study has found that adopting a healthier diet can reduce depression symptoms in three weeks, and this effect lasts up to three months.
Oct 18
Categories: Depression
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Striving for better grades? Getting a good night’s sleep right before the big exam day is not enough – you’ll need several nights of good sleep.
Oct 17
Categories: Other
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