To believe in a supernatural god or universal spirit, people appear to suppress the brain network used for analytical thinking and engage the empathetic network. When thinking analytically about the physical world, people appear to do the opposite.
Date Posted: March 26, 2016
Categories: Other, Religious Issues
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Depression will be a major mental health illness Malaysians will suffer from by 2020.
Malaysian Psychiatric Association president Prof Dr Nor Zuraida Zainal said this was because more people are expected to experience increased stress due to work ...
Mar 24
Categories: Mental Health in Asia, Stress Management
GOThe government will summon psychiatrist Fidiansjah for his recent controversial remarks on LGBT people, in which he labeled homosexuality and bisexuality mental disorders.
Mar 24
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues, Mental ...
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About 41 percent of young transgender women had one or more mental health or substance dependence diagnoses.
Mar 23
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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Integrating motivational interviewing techniques into the commonly practiced cognitive behavioral therapy might be more helpful.
Mar 23
Categories: Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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Psychologists are looking at how breast feeding, oxytocin and face-to-face interactions between a mother and her baby are impacted by depression and the mother's oxytocin levels.
Mar 23
Categories: Depression, Parenting
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Refugees face a substantially higher risk of psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, compared to non-refugee migrants from the same regions of origin, finds a new study.
Mar 23
Categories: Other, Schizophrenia
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A possible correlation between the prevalence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and increasing academic demands on young children has been identified by researchers.
Mar 22
Categories: Academic Issues, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
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New research shows that there is an association between obesity development during adulthood and childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Mar 22
Categories: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Health / Illness / ...
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A new study suggests that having high standards could help or hinder a relationship, depending on how much indirect hostility there is between a couple.
Mar 21
Categories: Marital Counseling, Relationships & Marriage
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Adults living with congenital heart disease may have a significantly higher risk of post-traumatic stress disorder than people in the general population.
Mar 21
Categories: Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ...
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Sleep problems have been identified as a risk for suicidal thoughts, plans, and attempts.
Mar 21
Categories: Sleep Disorders
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A new study shows that managers play down their competence to appear warmer to their subordinates while the subordinates hide their own warmth in an effort to appear more competent.
Mar 19
Categories: Workplace Issues
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LGBTQ patients who are also racial and ethnic minorities suffer significant health disparities, while facing more complicated challenges than white LGBTQ or racial and ethnic minority patients alone.
Mar 19
Categories: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender) Issues
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The technique scientists used to retrieve memories in mice is unlikely to work in humans, though the proof-of-concept study shows memories may often still exist in the brains of patients.
Mar 19
Categories: Dementia
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A new study of children with anxiety disorders suggests that response to CBT is influenced by many genetic variants of small effect - rather than any individual gene.
Mar 18
Categories: Anxiety, Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
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