AddictionFeb 16, 2021
Drinking, smoking, and drug use linked to premature heart disease in the young
Recreational drinking, smoking, and drug use is linked to premature heart disease in young people, particularly younger women.
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Sexual boundariesFeb 13, 2021
Boundaries: The Best Defense Against Narcissists
It is very challenging to interact with those with difficult or pathological personalities. Historically, psychologists have ...
Gaming-related problemsFeb 11, 2021
Psychological Fallout of Gaming Fixation in Youth
"Do you know about childhood sleep issues?" asked my friend. "Like insomnia, sleeping too much, night terrors? What do you mean?
Clinical PsychologyFeb 11, 2021
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and its symptoms
BPD affects mood, relationships, and how people see themselves. People with BPD can have intense mood swings and unstable ...
Health PsychologyFeb 10, 2021
Depressed moms who breastfeed boost babies' mood, neuroprotection and mutual touch
Feeding method and affectionate touch patterns in depressed and non-depressed mothers and babies as well as infant's EEG activity showed that mother-infant affectionate touch differed as a function of mood and feeding…
TraumaFeb 10, 2021
Trauma-induced brain changes can be detected decades later, new U of A research shows
The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our ...
Dependent-adult abuseFeb 8, 2021
Elder or Dependent Adult Abuse
Whether it's physical, sexual, or emotional, elder abuse is a serious crime. A frail or disabled elderly person can also be ...
School & EducationFeb 7, 2021
Lawmakers grapple with solutions to Montana's youth mental health crisis
The bell rang once to signal members of the Montana House of Representatives to punch in their votes, and the result was a dead heat: 50 for “yes,” 50 for ...
PersonalityFeb 7, 2021
Changing personality traits with the help of a digital personality change intervention
Personality traits have consequences and are malleable throughout the lifespan. However, it is unclear if and how personality ...
AddictionFeb 5, 2021
Is Addiction a Disease?
Addiction is a condition that has long baffled physicians and philosophers, to say nothing of those struggling with it and those ...
AddictionFeb 4, 2021
Causes of Addiction
There are many theories about the causes of addiction, the use and abuse of legal and illegal psychoactive substances. Biology ...
Trauma and stressFeb 3, 2021
America Needs a Psychologist-in-Chief
"We are all much more simply human than otherwise, be we happy and successful, contented and detached, miserable and mentally ...
NeuropsychologyFeb 2, 2021
MRes Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuropsychology
Explore our campus, meet lecturers and current students, and learn more about what it's like to study at Manchester. The ...
TraumaJan 31, 2021
Trauma-informed approaches to primary and community mental health care: protocol for a mixed-methods systematic review
Introduction Exposure to different types of psychological trauma may lead to a range of adverse effects on trauma survivors ...
AddictionJan 30, 2021
Gambling addiction experts see familiar aspects in Robinhood app
While the broader public may have gotten its first glimpse this week of the troubling and addictive nature of trading apps like ...
Cognitive PsychologyJan 29, 2021
Pandemonium’s friendly demons
Oliver Selfridge was an early pioneer of artificial intelligence, and in 1959 wrote a classic paper outlining a system by which simple units, each carrying out a specialised function, could be connected together to…
Diversity & CultureJan 29, 2021
Recognizing Implicit Bias To Promote Diversity And Support A Culture Of Inclusion And Innovation
The goal of any business should be to hire the most qualified person for every job role. Regardless of a person’s age, race ...
Sensory-processing concernsJan 28, 2021
Why Sensory vs. Behavioral Is Not Actually a Thing
A few days ago, a client asked me a question I've heard at least once a week for the past year. Her three-year-old daughter, who ...
Withdrawal supportJan 28, 2021
Online Antidepressant Withdrawal Support Groups
I stress, first, that it is unwise to make decisions about coming off, reducing, or staying on medication on the basis of one ...
Health PsychologyJan 27, 2021
Can large fluid-filled spaces in the brain help identify those at risk of dementia?
People with enlarged fluid-filled spaces in the brain around small blood vessels may be more likely to develop cognitive problems and dementia over time than people without these enlarged spaces, according to a new…
Child PsychologyJan 27, 2021
Detecting ADHD with near perfect accuracy
A new study has identified how specific communication among different brain regions, known as brain connectivity, can serve as a biomarker for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
NeuropsychologyJan 26, 2021
Domino effects and synchrony in seizure initiation
In a brain with a neurological disorder like epilepsy, synchronization between groups of neurons can grow to a dangerous extent when a collection of brain cells begins to emit excess electricity. Researchers used a…
Clinical PsychologyJan 24, 2021
Psychological Health, Well-Being, and the Mind-Heart-Body Connection: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association
As clinicians delivering health care, we are very good at treating disease but often not as good at treating the person.
Clinical PsychologyJan 24, 2021
Innovations in Psychopharmacology Education in U.S. Psychiatric Residency Programs.
Medications available to treat psychiatric illnesses continue to increase, in conjunction with a shifting of outpatient ...
Seeking SafetyJan 22, 2021
Why Some People Don’t Seek Mental Health Services
Many of us know someone who is depressed or anxious yet reluctant to seek professional help. While every case is unique, a new ...
HIPAA & PrivacyJan 20, 2021
Transforming Mental Health And Addiction Services
Even with great advances in behavioral health policy in the last decade, the problems of mental illness and addiction persist in ...
AI & TechnologyJan 16, 2021
Teletherapy reaches people in need at home
Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the ...
NeuropsychologyJan 11, 2021
Elusive link between seizures, cell signaling protein ID'd in zebrafish
A team of scientists has identified a new link between seizures and connexin 36 deficiency. The discovery found that this interaction may make the brain more prone to having seizures.
NeuropsychologyJan 7, 2021
Functional seizures associated with stroke, psychiatric disorders
In a large-scale study of electronic health records investigators determined the prevalence of functional seizures and characterized comorbidities associated with them. Functional seizures are sudden attacks or spasms…
Desire and arousal concernsJan 1, 2021
Sexual Arousal Is Not a Reliable Sign of Sexual Desire
Good sex is sex that is desired. It may thus seem intuitive that sexual arousal and orgasm will be facilitated by high mutual ...