Health
Books on toddler sleep can give inflexible advice—parents should be reassured that one size doesn't fit all
If you are a parent of a young child, sleep may well have become an obsession for you.
Nov 1, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Self-help books: Stressed readers or stressful reading?
Consumers of self-help books are more sensitive to stress and show higher depressive symptomatology, according to a study conducted by researchers at the CIUSSS de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (Institut universitaire en santé ...
Nov 17, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Kids' books featuring animals with human traits lead to less learning of the natural world
A new study by University of Toronto researchers has found that kids' books featuring animals with human characteristics not only lead to less factual learning but also influence children's reasoning about animals.
Mar 25, 2014
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Health
Equitable access to high-cost pharmaceuticals
Access to the best medicine has been enshrined as a human right. But many healthcare systems are already spending half of their budgets on drugs, while ageing populations in countries such as the UK are creating increased ...
Mar 14, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Engaging fathers in parenting intervention improves outcomes for both kids and fathers
A parenting program where fathers engage with their children through reading was found to boost the fathers' parenting skills while also improving the preschoolers' school readiness and behavior, finds a study led by NYU's ...
Jan 23, 2017
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Pediatrics
Ask the Pediatrician: How can parents deal with children's tantrums?
Q: Our son seems easily stressed out and has awful tantrums. What can we do to deal with this?
Sep 20, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Autobiographies about depression offer key information about the illness
Autobiographies about depression can play an important role in disseminating knowledge about the disease. That is the conclusion of research conducted by Anne-Fleur van der Meer (VU Amsterdam). Van der Meer reveals that autobiographic ...
Sep 21, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The age of stress: Science and the search for stability
Today, many people consider stress to be part of life, yet most of us have little understanding of what the concept means or where it comes from. In his new book The Age of Stress, University of Exeter historian Professor ...
Apr 11, 2013
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Addiction
New book provides guide to evidence-based practices in addiction treatment
A new book will provide a definitive guide to the findings from cutting-edge clinical research on addiction to front-line clinicians.
Jul 10, 2017
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Neuroscience
Memory's crucial impact on maintaining social bonds
Memory's crucial impact on our ability to establish and maintain social bonds is the focus of a new book, "Examining the Role of Memory in Social Cognition" (Frontiers), edited by Cornell neuroscientist Nathan Spreng.
Mar 4, 2014
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