http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress)—Dream images could provide insights into people's mental health problems and may help with their treatment, according to a psychology researcher from the University of Adelaide. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-psychotherapy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 08 Nov 2012 06:48:01 EST news271579659 Psychologists at Bangor University believe that they have glimpsed for the first time, a process that takes place deep within our unconscious brain, where primal reactions interact with higher mental processes. Writing in the Journal of Neuroscience, they identify a reaction to negative language inputs which shuts down unconscious processing. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-psychologists-reveal-emotion-high-level-mental.html Neuroscience Tue, 08 May 2012 17:00:08 EST news255696725 Contrary to the common perception among physicians that poor people sue doctors more frequently, Ramon L. Jimenez from the Monterey Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Institute and his team demonstrate that socioeconomically disadvantaged patients, in fact, tend to sue physicians less often. Their work suggests that this myth may exist because of subconscious prejudices or stereotypes that affect thinking and decision making without doctors being aware of it - a phenomenon known as unconscious bias. Dr. Jimenez and his colleagues' work is published online in Springer's journal, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-poor-fact-sue-doctor.html Health Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:26:41 EST news249560791 (Medical Xpress) -- A new University of Alberta study says when it comes to goal setting, your unconscious mind can be a great motivator. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-unconscious-helm.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:53:25 EST news233571186