Sadness, apathy, preoccupation: those traits come to mind when people think about depression, the world’s most frequently diagnosed mental disorder. Yet, forthcoming research in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology provides evidence that depression has a positive side-effect.
Promising behaviourial therapy can give homeless youth a new lease on life: Canadian study
A team of researchers is beginning to see exactly what the response to threats looks like in the brain at the cellular and molecular levels.
Srini Pillay, M.D., assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and award-winning author of Life Unlocked: 7 Revolutionary Lessons to Overcome Fear can discuss how does the current news on Bin Laden affects our brains and how is this information from brain science relevant to the safety, security and peace of mind of all of us?
According to data released today by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), children and youth affected by traumatic events improve their functioning in community-based “system of care” programs.
The best teacher for a young mother is her baby, contend experts who train social workers to interact with first-time moms. Adjusting to a baby can take work, and the task of social workers often is to help young mothers learn to focus on an infant’s needs, experts say.
The public favors equal custody for children of divorce, according to findings in a pair of studies by Arizona State University researchers that will appear in the May 2011 journal Psychology, Public Policy, and Law.
Research shows racial bias influences views of Obama.
The brain is apparently programmed from birth to develop the ability to determine sunrise and sunset, according to new research on circadian rhythms that sheds new light on brain plasticity and may explain some basic human behaviors.
Drowning audits conducted at YMCA locations appear to improve lifeguards’ performance and save lives, according to a new study.
It’s an unfamiliar neighborhood and you find yourself in the middle of a bunch of streets and buildings you’ve never seen before. Giving the environment a quick once-over, you make a snap decision about whether you’re safe or not. And chances are, that first ‘gut’ call is the right one, say Binghamton University researchers Dan O’Brien and David Sloan Wilson in an article published in the current issue of Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
Thinking happy thoughts, focusing on the good and downplaying the bad is believed to accelerate recovery from depression, bolster resilience during a crisis and improve overall mental health. But pursuing happiness may not be beneficial across all cultures.
Stephanie Schwabe tells her life and death story underwater April 26 on National Geographic Explorer's Angel Effect.
The happiest countries and happiest U.S. states tend to have the highest suicide rates, researchers from the UK’s University of Warwick, Hamilton College in New York and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, have found.
Researchers used a U.S. Supreme Court case to weigh the evidence for and against the assertion that exposure to video game violence can harm teens.
Belief in God doesn't deter a person from cheating on a test, unless that God is seen as a mean, punishing one, researchers say. On the flip side, undergraduates who believe in a caring, forgiving God did cheat.
News release on psychology's positive role on climate change.
Study validates new research method with implications in psychology, political science, business.
When researchers had women view magazines for five straight days that only included images of women with thin, idealized body types, something surprising happened: the readers’ own body satisfaction improved.
Across many groups of animals, species with bigger brains often have better cognitive abilities. But it’s been unclear whether overall brain size or the size of specific brain areas is the key. New findings by University of Washington neurobiologists suggest that both patterns are important: bigger-bodied social wasps had larger brains and devoted up to three times more of their brain tissue to regions that coordinate social interactions, learning, memory and other complex behaviors.
A recent study by The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and State Farm Insurance Companies ® hones in on the most common errors teen drivers make that lead to a serious crash. Teen drivers are involved in fatal crashes at four times the rate of adults. The findings were published in the journal Accident Analysis and Prevention. Researchers analyzed a nationally-representative federal database of more than 800 crashes involving teen drivers and identified a few common “critical errors” that are often one of the last in a chain of events leading up to a crash.
Jisook "April" Park, a Kansas State University doctoral candidate in psychology, is researching consumer decision-making strategies and trying to understand the causes and remedies for post-purchase regret.
Men too suffer psychological trauma from partner abuse, study finds.
Research by McGill Sociology Professor Eran Shor, working in collaboration with researchers from Stony Brook University, has revealed that unemployment increases the risk of premature mortality by 63 per cent. Shor reached these conclusions by surveying existing research covering 20 million people in 15 (mainly western) countries, over the last 40 years.
A new study of telephone customer service representatives shows just how important it is for employees to start the workday in a good mood.
High school students who feel they do not fit in are less likely to attend college — particularly girls who are gay or obese — according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine reveals the role that guilt may play as a motivational tool for cardiovascular patients.
On April Fools’ Day, Cindy Gendrich’s students may have an advantage when planning practical jokes. In the theater professor’s first-year seminar, “Why Do People Laugh?” they have serious discussions about what causes giggles and guffaws. Practical jokes are not a guaranteed way to generate laughter, Gendrich said. “Lots of theorists have observed that compassion is the enemy of humor—from the Greeks to Henri Bergson.
Women’s appreciation of their bodies is only indirectly connected to their body mass index (BMI), a common health measure of weight relative to height, according to recent research.
New research from the University of Oregon concludes that even brief training can help people learn how to be more supportive when friends and family members disclose traumatic events and other experiences of mistreatment.
UB faculty expert, Michael Poulin, assistant professor of psychology, available to speak of new study findings published in the current issue of the Journal of Behavioral Medicine, that after a collective trauma—defined as a traumatic event that happens simultaneously to a large number of people (9/11, in this case)—religiosity and spirituality independently predict people’s health outcomes.
Bottling up emotions can make people more aggressive, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Minnesota that was funded, in part, by a grant from the U.S. Army.
Dermatologist Gil Yosipovitch, M.D., of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, has been researching what’s known as “contagious itch.” Contagious itch is visually transmitted, said Yosipovitch, and anecdotal evidence suggests it occurs in daily life when we see other people itch and scratch.
Saying a prayer may help many people feel less angry and behave less aggressively after someone has left them fuming, new research suggests.
The National Institute of Mental Health estimates that one in four Americans suffer from an anxiety disorder. Many professionals don’t know how to deliver highly effective, non-medication treatment and patients often don’t have access to high-quality treatment. Two Drexel University professors now have a solution to this urgent medical need.
New research reveals why people read fitness and fashion magazines featuring photos of impossibly thin or muscular models -- models whose appearance highlight the readers’ own flaws.
A new study finds adults with ADHD enjoy more creative achievement than those who don't have the disorder.
Planning to enter an office pool during this year’s NCAA March Madness tournament? Be careful. You might not enjoy the games very much if you bet, says a researcher at Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis.
Just when children are faced with intensifying peer pressure to misbehave, regions of the brain are actually blossoming in a way that heighten the ability to resist risky behavior, report researchers at three West Coast institutions.
A pair of related studies on smoking cessation by researchers at the University of Oregon and other institutions have isolated the brain regions most active in controlling urges to smoke and demonstrated the effectiveness of text-messaging to measure and intervene in those urges.
Despite the fears of some, a new study suggests that use of the internet in general does not make people more likely to believe political rumors. But e-mail is a special case. However, one form of internet communication – e-mail – does seem to have troubling consequences for the spread and belief of rumors.
Exposure via the media to activities such as street racing, binge drinking and unprotected sex is linked to risk-taking behaviors and attitudes, according to a new analysis of more than 25 years of research.
When choosing a partner, women believe the lower the man’s voice, the more likely he’s going to cheat. Conversely, men think a woman with a higher voice is more likely to be unfaithful, researchers have found.
People who feel more secure in receiving love and acceptance from others place less monetary value on their possessions, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire.
The more honesty and humility an employee may have, the higher their job performance, as rated by the employees’ supervisor. That’s the new finding from a Baylor University study that found the honesty-humility personality trait was a unique predictor of job performance.
A new study has found that Facebook can have a positive influence on the self-esteem. Jeffrey Hancock, professor of communication at Cornell University, said users can choose what they reveal, and feedback from friends tends to be overwhelmingly positive, both of which can boost self-esteem.
Loyola psychologist says some simple steps can prevent online relationships from blossoming from friendly talk into full-fledged affairs.
Unemployed and those diagnosed with psychotic disorder more likely to be determined incompetent.
Infants and toddlers can suffer serious mental health disorders, yet they are unlikely to receive treatment that could prevent lasting developmental problems, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
Mothers who are depressed respond differently to their crying babies than do non-depressed moms. In fact, their reaction, according to brain scans at the University of Oregon, is much more muted than the robust brain activity in non-depressed moms.
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