Psychology & Psychiatry
Parents can ease their teens' stress around standardized tests
Standardized tests put a lot of pressure on teenagers who want to secure their future and make their parents and teachers proud.
Apr 12, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychiatric research uses linguistics models to analyze game play and listen in on ways environment shapes interaction
When Sydney Sun decided to transcribe 100 hours of audio recordings, she had no idea what would come of the effort. The recordings had been made by parents as they played games with their child, part of a research study being ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Steady rise in US suicides among adolescents, teens
U.S. rates of suicide by all methods rose steadily for adolescents between 1999 and 2020, a new analysis shows.
Mar 29, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study says it's time to highlight positive skills associated with neurodevelopmental conditions
New research says the wide variety of skills displayed by people with conditions such as ADHD, dyslexia, and autism should be celebrated to help reduce stigma and change society's expectations.
Mar 26, 2024
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Neuroscience
What really happens to our memory as we age?
For anyone over the age of 30 reading this article, here's some bad news for you: Your brain is already on the decline.
Mar 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why do young people have such poor mental health? A psychologist explains
A recent report from think tank the Resolution Foundation has found that 34% of young people aged 18–24 in the U.K. have symptoms of a common mental disorder—the highest rate of any age group.
Mar 7, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Youth mental health in decline: Generations differ on causes of apparent crisis, survey finds
There is widespread agreement across generations in the UK—from Gen Z to Baby Boomers—that young people's mental health is worse than it was in the past, but they often differ on what this really means and what might ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Music therapy could help manage the pain of bereavement
Grief has always inspired songwriters. Popular songs including Let Me Go, by Gary Barlow, Eric Clapton's Tears in Heaven and The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics, were all written as a way of working through the grief ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Health
Q&A: Health experts cover winter's myriad health challenges
We know you're thinking about it: Turning the corner from winter into spring. Although warmer days are on the horizon, the effects of weeks of gray, winter days are real. For some, winter weather comes with a particular dose ...
Feb 15, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scents might help depressed individuals, new study says
Smelling a familiar scent can help depressed individuals recall specific autobiographical memories and potentially assist in their recovery, discovered a team of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers and ...
Feb 13, 2024
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