News tagged with clinical psychologist
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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Study links insomnia to $31 billion in U.S. workplace errors
(HealthDay)—Feeling sleepy on the job and having trouble focusing? It could cost you—and the nation as a whole. A new study estimates that insomnia is responsible for 274,000 workplace accidents and errors ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 01, 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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New hope for trauma sufferers with addictions
(Medical Xpress) -- A world-first study of an integrated treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and substance use, led by researchers from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 16, 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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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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The benefits of taking time off
Rae and Bruce Hostetler not only work very hard, they also relax just as well. Numerous vacations help the suburban Indianapolis couple to maintain their health and emotional well-being -- and it's no surprise ...
Health
Aug 15, 2011 |
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Study puts Huntington's disease trials on TRACK
(Medical Xpress)—A three-year multinational study has tracked and detailed the progression of Huntington's disease (HD), predicting clinical decline in people carrying the HD gene more than 10 years before ...
Neuroscience
May 21, 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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Video game addiction needs standard definition
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Adelaide say treatment for people affected by video game "addiction" would be improved if a standard definition of the problem were adopted by psychologists.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 19, 2013 |
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Over-egging the chocolate this Easter: Why you should always keep an eye on what you are eating
(Medical Xpress)—Psychologists at the University of Birmingham suggest that 'attentive eating' affects how much people choose to eat.
Health
Mar 29, 2013 |
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Food memories can help weight loss
(Medical Xpress)—Research led by a psychologist at the University of Liverpool has found that using memories of recent meals reduces the amount of food eaten later on. It also found that being distracted when eating leads ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 18, 2013 |
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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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Weathering the winter blues
The holidays are over and there's a calendar full of cold, gray days ahead. Some of us experience the "winter blues" and others experience a more serious kind of depression like seasonal affective disorder (SAD). It can bring ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 24, 2013 |
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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.
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Jan 15, 2013 |
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