A new study, believed to be the first to look at the mental health of transgender children who have “socially transitioned,” finds that they had rates of depression and anxiety no higher than two control groups of children.
Date Posted: February 29, 2016
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & ...
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Humans assess each other within milliseconds, deciding whether someone is likeable or not.
Feb 27
Categories: Other
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A Chapman University psychologist and his interdisciplinary research team have just published a study examining the sexual satisfaction -- or dissatisfaction -- of heterosexual couples in long-term relationships, and what contributes to keeping ...
Feb 27
Categories: Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, Relationships & Marriage, ...
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Overweight young adults may have poorer episodic memory - the ability to recall past events - than their peers, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge, adding to increasing evidence of a link between memory and overeating.
Feb 27
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A study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that adolescents with major depression who performed a computer-based task designed to shift attention from sad to neutral to positive ...
Feb 26
Categories: Child and/or Adolescent Issues, Depression, Teenage Issues
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Couples can tend to be more alike in some characteristics than might otherwise be expected by chance. Some literature suggests this so-called "marital resemblance" may be present for a range of psychiatric features.
Feb 26
Categories: Couple Counseling, Marital Counseling, Relationships & Marriage
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A new study identifies genome variants and pathways that contribute to composing and arranging in musically trained individuals.
Feb 26
Categories: Academic Issues, Other
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People who fear spiders tend to perceive these creepy-crawlies as larger than they actually are, a new study finds.
Feb 25
Categories: Phobias
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Cognitive behavioral therapy and second-generation antidepressants are equally effective as treatments for major depression, according to new, evidence-based clinical guidelines published in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Feb 25
Categories: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Health / Illness / Medical ...
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The risk of developing dementia is decreasing for people with at least a high school education, according to an important new study that suggests that changes in lifestyle and improvements in physical health can help prevent or delay cognitive ...
Feb 25
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Cognitive Problems Amnesia / Dementia
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Do graphic warning labels on cigarette packets really help smokers consider the health risks? Yes, according to the results of a new study, which found that such images prompt activity in areas of the brain associated with decision-making, emotion ...
Feb 24
Categories: Addictions, Health / Illness / Medical Issues, Other, Smoking ...
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Financial worries? You're not alone. Around 72% of us feel stressed about money at some point in our lives. And according to new research, such stress may be causing us physical pain.
Feb 24
Categories: Compulsive Spending / Shopping, Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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A newly discovered human gene mutation appears to contribute both to unusual sleep patterns and to heightened rates of seasonal depression.
Feb 24
Categories: Depression, Sleep Disorders
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Our brains prioritize rewarding memories over others, and reinforce them by replaying them when we are at rest, according to new research from the University of California, Davis, Center for Neuroscience, published Feb. 11 in the journal Neuron.
Feb 23
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People prescribed anti-depressants should be aware they could be at increased risk of type 2 diabetes, say UK researchers.
Feb 22
Categories: Depression, Health / Illness / Medical Issues
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In girls, eating disorders are often linked with a mood disorder, but that’s not the case with eating disorders in boys, according to a new study.
Feb 22
Categories: Eating Disorders
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