Oncology & Cancer

Research shows exercise is a boon for cancer patients

Exercise and/or psychological therapy work better than medications to reduce cancer-related fatigue and should be recommended first to patients, according to a Wilmot Cancer Institute-led study published in JAMA Oncology.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Meditation benefits patients with ALS

An eight-week mindfulness-based meditation program led to improved quality of life and psychological well-being in clinical trial of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

Oncology & Cancer

Stepped care likely to be cost-effective in head and neck, lung CA

(HealthDay)—A stepped care (SC) program is likely to be cost-effective for patients with head and neck cancer or lung cancer who have psychological distress, according to a study published online Dec. 5 in the Journal of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Can psychological therapies help people who self-harm?

A review by the respected Cochrane organisation, and led by Oxford University Professor of Psychiatry Keith Hawton, has found that psychological therapies, more commonly known as 'talking treatments", may help people who ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Why do people with :schizophrenia misinterpret social cues?

A new study from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London sheds light on why people with schizophrenia misinterpret social cues in others, often leading to unpleasant paranoid ...

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