http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A recent study by a team of researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas found that risky sexual behavior can be predicted by cultural, socioeconomic and individual mores in conjunction with how one views themselves. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-risky-sexual-behavior.html Health Thu, 16 May 2013 10:56:13 EST news287920567 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers in Australia have uncovered what they describe as differences in brain behavior for people diagnosed with either bipolar disorder (BP) or borderline personality disorder (BPD). As they describe in their paper published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, brain scans of people diagnosed with one or the other of the disorders show differences in the ways emotions are processed, leading perhaps to a true biological marker for the two ailments. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-effort-reveals-differences-brain-mental.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:38:14 EST news284272640 Dalhousie researchers link binge eating among university-aged women with strained mother-daughter relationships in a recent study published in the journal Eating Behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-links-binge-strained-mother-daughter-relationships.html Health Wed, 06 Mar 2013 08:41:22 EST news281781394 A report into Bullying of People with Intellectual Disabilities and an Easy to Read Bullying Information Guide, compiled by the National Institute for Intellectual Disability (NIID), Trinity College Dublin in association with the National Anti-Bullying Advocacy Group (NAAG), was launched o recent by the Director of the National Disability Authority, Siobhan Barron.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-bullying-people-intellectual-disabilities.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:14:45 EST news271577644 For seven years, Carsten René Jørgensen from the Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences at Aarhus University has collaborated with the Clinic for Personality Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital, Risskov on examining the extent to which modern psychoanalytic psychotherapy can help the Danes suffering from severe borderline personality disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-effective-treatment-danes-personality-disorders.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 23 Oct 2012 09:44:57 EST news270204272 Ancient wisdom tells us to "stop and smell the roses" and to "live for the moment." Given our busy lives, it's no surprise that this advice is often easier said than done. Many of us multitask not only our physical chores, but our mental ones as well. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-probing-mindfulness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 21 May 2012 08:09:25 EST news256806551 Canadian girls report higher levels of emotional problems and lower levels of emotional well-being and life satisfaction, while boys tend to experience more behavioural problems and demonstrate less prosocial behavior, a new Queen's University-led national study of youth health behavior shows. The study also emphasizes the importance of home, school, peers and local neighbourhood in the lives of young people. The varying interpersonal relationships that arise in these four different contexts may be critical for adolescent mental health. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-mental-health-primary-canada-youth.html Health Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:47:51 EST news248626054 More than half of all college students have received sexually suggestive images via text messaging, and nearly 80 percent have received suggestive messages, according to research by University of Rhode Island faculty in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-sexting-laws-college-students.html Health Wed, 20 Jul 2011 12:30:12 EST news230383674