After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yuriy Makeyev found himself homeless and jobless: a combination of circumstances that brought him to the brink of a nervous breakdown.
Jul 5, 2022
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Control is an important construct in the fields of psychology and psychopathology, particularly as it relates to anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). Losing control, however, is a fear clinical psychologists ...
Oct 11, 2022
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In the wake of the Valentine's Day shooting at a Broward County, Florida high school, a familiar trope has reemerged: Often, when a young man is the shooter, people try to blame the tragedy on violent video games and other ...
Feb 16, 2018
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A subtle type of seizure goes undetected two thirds of the time in pediatric emergency departments, a new study shows.
May 1, 2024
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Evil spirits bedevil the families that seek blessings from an elderly Bangladeshi mystic—but he knows his prayers alone are not enough to soothe their troubled minds.
Sep 15, 2022
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A new study has identified discrimination, alcohol and tobacco as significant predictors of minority Americans' experiencing panic attacks—fearful spells with psychological symptoms that last a few minutes and are often ...
Jan 26, 2016
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Problems in accessing donor sperm and eggs at home appear to be behind a reported increase in the number of UK citizens who seek fertility treatment abroad, despite the fact that this is widely seen as risky. Now, a team ...
Mar 20, 2013
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A paper recently published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics introduces new systems of classification of mental disorders that may supplement diagnostic formulations. Characterizing each stage of an illness demarcates major ...
Jan 23, 2013
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The good news is that fear can persuade us to avoid dangerous situations or help us flee from an angry bear.
Oct 24, 2022
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Psychotherapy for panic disorder produces good results, and the effects are lasting. That is the result from a large long-term study from Lund University in Sweden. Two years after treatment were 70 per cent of the patients ...
Feb 16, 2021
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