Psychology & Psychiatry

Researcher examines body satisfaction in national study of men

A Chapman University psychologist has just published the results of a national study examining how men feel about their bodies and their attractiveness. Long thought to be an issue primarily faced by women, body dissatisfaction ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Robert Spitzer, 'most influential psychiatrist,' dies at 83

Dr. Robert Spitzer—a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexuality's designation as a pathology—died Friday in Seattle. He was ...

HIV & AIDS

Preemptive drug should be routine in AIDS fight: study

Gay men at high risk of contracting HIV should have access to a daily dose of a drug used to treat the AIDS-causing virus, but as a preventive measure, researchers recommended Thursday.

Psychology & Psychiatry

The science of stereotyping: Challenging the validity of 'gaydar'

"Gaydar"—the purported ability to infer whether people are gay or straight based on their appearance—seemed to get a scientific boost from a 2008 study that concluded people could accurately guess someone's sexual orientation ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

More evidence that kids of gay parents do just fine

(HealthDay)—On the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, new research suggests that children raised by gay parents are well-adjusted and resilient.

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