Psychology News and Research Briefs
Brief summaries of the latest news related to mental health and mental illness, as well as brief abstracts of the latest research in anxiety, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities, and more.
Study Shows Troops Turn to Alcohol After Returning from Combat
August 14, 2008 1:06 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
A new investigation on alcohol misuse by military personnel before and after deployment shows young soldiers and reservists are particularly vulnerable to developing problems with alcohol after returning home from combat. The study, published in the current edition of the...
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Psychiatrists Talking Less, Prescribing More Due To Insurance Policies
August 7, 2008 4:59 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
The time patients spend in talk therapy with psychiatrists fell by 15 percent between 1996 and 2005, shows an examination of office-based psychiatrists published in this month's edition of The Archives of General Psychiatry. The percentage of psychiatrists who used...
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Why Women Start Life Happier, But End Up Less Content
July 30, 2008 4:39 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Research to be published in the Journal of Happiness Studies shows that American women have the advantage over their male counterparts when it comes to happiness early in life and share similar goals when it comes to finances and family....
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Meditation Slows HIV
July 25, 2008 12:17 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Meditation is used to improve a number of health problems including anxiety, depression and pain. Now, new research shows it may even aid in the battle against the progression of HIV. Researchers tracked CD4+ T lymphocytes, immune cells attacked by...
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How War Changes Children's Ideas About Right and Wrong
July 23, 2008 4:33 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
For many of the world's children, youth is not merely a time of carefree play. The United Nations estimates that children in as many as 50 countries around the world are currently affected by war. Having witnessed a world without...
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Background Television May Impair Attention In Young Children
July 16, 2008 12:30 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
A new study published in the journal Child Development shows homes with a T.V. always on may harm a young child's ability to focus--even if they're not actually watching it. Fifty one-, two- and three-year-olds were studied for one hour...
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Gestures May Reveal Innate Linguistic Structure
July 3, 2008 10:24 AM
Posted by Therapist Finder
An English speaker kicks a ball, but a Turkish speaker ball kicks--at least if you're following the grammatical order of his or her language. However, a new study shows that without words, speakers of these two language order things in...
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ADHD: An Evolutionary Advantage?
July 2, 2008 11:50 AM
Posted by Therapist Finder
In today's society, impulsivity and continuous need for novelty are traits likely to be associated with little more than job loss. However, in other eras of human existence, such traits might have been an individual's key to survival: Research published...
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Oxytocin To Treat Shyness
June 24, 2008 5:19 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Oxytocin, the hormone and neurotransmitter best known for its role in bonding between mothers and infants, may now be used to treat shyness. Research from the U.S. and Switzerland has shown that taking a small dose of oxytocin before social...
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Overtime Linked to Depression and Anxiety
June 20, 2008 12:31 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway compared 1350 individuals who work 41 to 100 hours per week with 9092 workers who worked 40 hours per week or less using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (PDF). They found...
Continue reading "Overtime Linked to Depression and Anxiety"
August 14, 2008 1:06 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
A new investigation on alcohol misuse by military personnel before and after deployment shows young soldiers and reservists are particularly vulnerable to developing problems with alcohol after returning home from combat. The study, published in the current edition of the...
Continue reading "Study Shows Troops Turn to Alcohol After Returning from Combat"
Psychiatrists Talking Less, Prescribing More Due To Insurance Policies
August 7, 2008 4:59 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
The time patients spend in talk therapy with psychiatrists fell by 15 percent between 1996 and 2005, shows an examination of office-based psychiatrists published in this month's edition of The Archives of General Psychiatry. The percentage of psychiatrists who used...
Continue reading "Psychiatrists Talking Less, Prescribing More Due To Insurance Policies"
Why Women Start Life Happier, But End Up Less Content
July 30, 2008 4:39 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Research to be published in the Journal of Happiness Studies shows that American women have the advantage over their male counterparts when it comes to happiness early in life and share similar goals when it comes to finances and family....
Continue reading "Why Women Start Life Happier, But End Up Less Content"
Meditation Slows HIV
July 25, 2008 12:17 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Meditation is used to improve a number of health problems including anxiety, depression and pain. Now, new research shows it may even aid in the battle against the progression of HIV. Researchers tracked CD4+ T lymphocytes, immune cells attacked by...
Continue reading "Meditation Slows HIV"
How War Changes Children's Ideas About Right and Wrong
July 23, 2008 4:33 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
For many of the world's children, youth is not merely a time of carefree play. The United Nations estimates that children in as many as 50 countries around the world are currently affected by war. Having witnessed a world without...
Continue reading "How War Changes Children's Ideas About Right and Wrong"
Background Television May Impair Attention In Young Children
July 16, 2008 12:30 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
A new study published in the journal Child Development shows homes with a T.V. always on may harm a young child's ability to focus--even if they're not actually watching it. Fifty one-, two- and three-year-olds were studied for one hour...
Continue reading "Background Television May Impair Attention In Young Children"
Gestures May Reveal Innate Linguistic Structure
July 3, 2008 10:24 AM
Posted by Therapist Finder
An English speaker kicks a ball, but a Turkish speaker ball kicks--at least if you're following the grammatical order of his or her language. However, a new study shows that without words, speakers of these two language order things in...
Continue reading "Gestures May Reveal Innate Linguistic Structure"
ADHD: An Evolutionary Advantage?
July 2, 2008 11:50 AM
Posted by Therapist Finder
In today's society, impulsivity and continuous need for novelty are traits likely to be associated with little more than job loss. However, in other eras of human existence, such traits might have been an individual's key to survival: Research published...
Continue reading "ADHD: An Evolutionary Advantage?"
Oxytocin To Treat Shyness
June 24, 2008 5:19 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Oxytocin, the hormone and neurotransmitter best known for its role in bonding between mothers and infants, may now be used to treat shyness. Research from the U.S. and Switzerland has shown that taking a small dose of oxytocin before social...
Continue reading "Oxytocin To Treat Shyness"
Overtime Linked to Depression and Anxiety
June 20, 2008 12:31 PM
Posted by Therapist Finder
Researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway compared 1350 individuals who work 41 to 100 hours per week with 9092 workers who worked 40 hours per week or less using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (PDF). They found...
Continue reading "Overtime Linked to Depression and Anxiety"
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