News tagged with clinical psychology
Dark chocolate improves calmness
(Medical Xpress)—Good news for chocolate lovers. New research from Swinburne University of Technology has found that the polyphenols in dark chocolate increase calmness and contentedness.
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May 03, 2013 |
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Early cognitive behavioural therapy reduces risk of psychosis
(Medical Xpress)—Young people seeking help who are at high risk of developing psychosis could significantly reduce their chances of going on to develop a full-blown psychotic illness by getting early access to cognitive ...
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Apr 19, 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.
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Apr 19, 2013 |
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Researcher examines the risks of early methadone exposure
(Medical Xpress)—Longitudinal studies of children exposed to methadone in the womb need to accompany methadone maintenance treatment for drug-addicted pregnant mothers, according to a research team led ...
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Apr 05, 2013 |
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Breivik killer was 'psychotic and afraid of losing his masculinity', says researcher
An alternative view of the Norway killer Anders Behring Breivik – as a psychotic man with a terror of losing his masculinity – was presented at the British Sociological Association in London today [Thursday 4 April].
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Apr 04, 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.
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Mar 29, 2013 |
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Sexually abused or neglected adolescent girls at risk of becoming moms while still teenagers
Abused or neglected teenage girls become teen mothers at nearly five times the national rate of teen motherhood.
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Mar 25, 2013 |
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Men and women get sick in different ways
At the dawn of third millennium medical researchers still know very little about gender-specific differences in illness, particularly when it comes to disease symptoms, influencing social and psychological factors, and the ...
Cardiology
Mar 22, 2013 |
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Why people put themselves under the knife: Psychologists confirm long-term positive effects of plastic surgery
In a long-term study, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the RUB, investigated the psychological effects of plastic surgery on approximately 550 patients ...
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Mar 11, 2013 |
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Moral injury among the issues facing combat veterans
With suicide rates among veterans on the rise, another problem facing veterans also is capturing the public's attention. Service members suffering from moral injury are feeling profound guilt and shame for things they may ...
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Mar 08, 2013 |
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Vets' PTSD affects mental and physical health of partners
A study from the University of Utah sheds new light on the health risks faced not only by military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), but by their partners as well. Results of the study will be presented ...
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Mar 07, 2013 |
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A 'purpose in life' lowers risk of stroke for older adults
(Medical Xpress)—Among older American adults, a greater purpose in life is linked with a lower risk of stroke, a new University of Michigan study found.
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Mar 07, 2013 |
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New study links binge eating to strained mother-daughter relationships
Dalhousie researchers link binge eating among university-aged women with strained mother-daughter relationships in a recent study published in the journal Eating Behaviors.
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Mar 06, 2013 |
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Self help books and websites can benefit severely depressed patients
Patients with more severe depression show at least as good clinical benefit from 'low-intensity' interventions, such as self help books and websites, as less severely ill patients, suggests a paper published on BMJ websit ...
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Feb 26, 2013 |
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New staging systems may improve assessment and treatment of mental disorders
A paper recently published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces new systems of classification of mental disorders that may supplement diagnostic formulations. Characterizing each stage of an illness demarcates major ...
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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