News tagged with clinical psychologist
Stanford study vanquishes social anxieties without drugs
For most of his life, 24-year-old Steven Bringas so feared humiliating himself if he spoke that only an emergency would get him to enter a store.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Brazilian mediums shed light on brain activity during a trance state
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil analyzed the cerebral blood flow (CBF) of Brazilian mediums during the practice of psychography, described as a form of writing whereby ...
Neuroscience
Nov 16, 2012 |
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Brain imaging reveals reduced brain connections in people with generalized anxiety disorder
(Medical Xpress)—A new University of Wisconsin-Madison imaging study shows the brains of people with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have weaker connections between a brain structure that controls emotional response ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 04, 2012 |
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Foster kids do equally well when adopted by gay, lesbian or heterosexual parents
(Medical Xpress)—High-risk children adopted from foster care do equally well when placed with gay, lesbian or heterosexual parents, UCLA psychologists report in the first multi-year study of children adopted by these three ...
Health
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Ways to reduce college drinking and risky sex
In a recent study conducted by scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions involving 154 heavy-drinking college students whose sexual behavior put them at risk for HIV infection and other sexually ...
Addiction
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Bullying may contribute to lower test scores
High schools in Virginia where students reported a high rate of bullying had significantly lower scores on standardized tests that students must pass to graduate, according to research presented at the 119th Annual Convention ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 07, 2011 |
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'Overparenting' trend worries psychologists
(Medical Xpress)—School psychologists and counsellors are concerned that overbearing parents are raising children unable to cope with failure and life outside of home, a new QUT study shows.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 15, 2013 |
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Chronic post-traumatic stress disorder in women linked to history of rape, child abuse
A Florida State University clinical psychologist has identified factors that could cause some women with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to have chronic, persistent symptoms while others recover naturally over time.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 29, 2011 |
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Why women quit breast cancer drugs early
Why do so many postmenopausal women who are treated for estrogen-sensitive breast cancer quit using drugs that help prevent the disease from recurring?
Cancer
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Female cancer survivors have 'worse health behaviors' than women with no cancer history
A recent study conducted by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., has found that female cancer survivors receiving screening mammography have "worse health behaviors" ...
Cancer
Feb 15, 2012 |
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Mental health care treatment for immigrants needs retooling, according to task force
The methods psychologists and other health-care providers are using to treat immigrants to the United States need to be better tailored to deal with their specific cultures and needs, according to a task force report released ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Symptoms that mimic epilepsy linked to stress, poor coping skills
Based on their clinical experience and observations, a team of Johns Hopkins physicians and psychologists say that more than one-third of the patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital's inpatient epilepsy monitoring ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Researchers use goal-oriented therapy to treat diabetic neuropathies
Researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and VA Boston Healthcare System (VA BHS) have found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help relieve pain for people with painful diabetic neuropathies. The ...
Diabetes
Mar 04, 2013 |
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Work-related stress linked to increased blood fat levels
Spanish researchers have studied how job stress affects cardiovascular health. The results, published in the 'Scandinavian Journal of Public Health', link this situation to dyslipidemia, a disorder that a ...
Health
May 16, 2013 |
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New intervention helps teens deal with their emotions through music
(Medical Xpress)—Using music to engage with and educate young people about their emotions, and how to tolerate and regulate their strong emotional states, is the focus of a new intervention developed by University of Queensland ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 19, 2012 |
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