Psychology & Psychiatry
About 25% of Americans gained better habits during pandemic, poll finds
About one-quarter of Americans say they made positive changes to their daily habits during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new poll shows.
Mar 9, 2022
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Health
Professors propose ethical intervention strategies to address hoarding
The TV shows make it look dramatic. A hoarder, someone who has accumulated so many piles of junk and possessions he can barely move in his own home, is nearly buried alive. But the problem is no scripted drama. Real people ...
Oct 3, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
It can take nine years to make an OCD diagnosis, say researchers
Obsessive compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a misunderstood mental illness despite affecting about one in 50 people—that's about half a million Australians.
Mar 29, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Students publish research on smartphone use in people with OCD
New research conducted by students and a professor at the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash College finds that smartphone usage can increase and even become unhealthy for those who have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Skin picking is often trivialized as a bad habit—but dermatillomania can be dangerous
Our skin is often covered with tiny imperfections—blemishes, moles, cuts and spots that we're all guilty of picking at from time to time. Consider the temptation of that bulbous yellow head of a spot ready to erupt, or ...
Feb 29, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online program to combat OCD
Adolescents will be able to use the internet to treat their Obsessive Compulsive Disorder thanks to a free initiative being run by The University of Queensland.
Apr 20, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Risk of mental illness rises for kids treated in ICUs
Youngsters so sick they've needed treatment in an ICU appear to bear the scars of that experience years later, a new study finds.
Jul 24, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How uncertainty can impair our ability to make rational decisions
We make decisions every day, many of which are so straightforward that we hardly notice we are making them. But we tend to struggle when faced with decisions that have uncertain outcomes, such as during the pandemic. Cognitive ...
Nov 30, 2021
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Health
Teen tanning addiction afflicts minorities in Los Angeles
Tanning addiction plagues teenage minorities in Los Angeles, and that dependency is associated with marijuana abuse, obsessive-compulsive disorder and other mental health issues, a Keck School of Medicine of USC study reports.
May 2, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Excellent long-term stability of treatment gains of stepwise treatment for pediatric OCD
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that the long-term stability of treatment gains for children and adolescents diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder ...
Feb 27, 2020
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