Psychology & Psychiatry
Happy head, happy heart: Positive emotions may promote heart-healthy behaviors
People with heart disease may benefit from maintaining positive emotions, according to health researchers.
Oct 5, 2015
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Infants' sweat response predicts aggressive behavior as toddlers
Infants who sweat less in response to scary situations at age 1 show more physical and verbal aggression at age 3, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological ...
Apr 23, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study shows changes in brain activity after mindfulness therapy in adolescents
Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric conditions affecting children and adolescents. While antidepressants are frequently used to treat youth with anxiety disorders, sometimes, antidepressants may be poorly ...
Jul 20, 2016
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Study compares moral injury in health care workers and veterans
A study comparing 618 military veterans who deployed to a combat zone after Sept. 11, 2001, and 2,099 health care workers (HCWs) working during the COVID-19 pandemic found similar levels of potential moral injury (PMI), with ...
Apr 15, 2022
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Health
People who care for others live longer
Older people who help and support others live longer. These are the findings of a study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, conducted by researchers from the University of Basel, Edith Cowan University, ...
Dec 22, 2016
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Children's sensitivity to their parents' praise could affect their future mental health
A new study published in Developmental Science has found that children who were more positively sensitive to their parents' praise when they were 3 years old had fewer behavioral and emotional problems when they were 5–7 ...
Jun 12, 2024
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Altered brain activity in antisocial teenagers
Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions implicated in emotion regulation. The findings of an international study carried out by researchers ...
May 28, 2019
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Siblings of children with disabilities may have greater cognitive empathy
Having a child with a disability or a developmental delay is often a stressful experience for a family. Siblings in such families may be exposed to greater stress and challenges. There is little research about the positive ...
Feb 23, 2022
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A mom's support helps a child learn to handle negative emotions, but what if mom is distressed?
Handling a poorly timed tantrum from a toddler—such as in the middle of the grocery store—is never an easy task. It could serve as a teachable moment for a mom to help her child learn to manage his own emotions. After ...
Nov 17, 2017
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Autism spectrum disorders
Researchers find risk of suffering school bullying triples in children with autistic spectrum disorders
A research team from the URV's Nutrition and Mental Health group has studied the prevalence of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in schoolchildren in the Tarragona region. ...
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