A pregnant woman's exposure to tobacco smoke and pollution from road traffic can influence the development of behavioral outcomes in early childhood. This is the conclusion of a recent study led by a team from the Barcelona ...
Apr 27, 2021
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Social media apps are useful sources of information. They help us catch up with the activities of friends, news, current affairs, government COVID updates and the latest happenings in celebrity and sport.
Apr 16, 2021
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If you spend hours of the day on your phone checking social media, you're not unusual. The average internet user spends two hours a day on various social media sites. But does your habit of checking Facebook, Instagram, Twitter ...
Mar 24, 2021
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Staying in touch with loved ones without seeing them in person has become even more important during the pandemic. But for some people, making or receiving calls is a stressful experience. Phone anxiety—or telephobia—is ...
Feb 23, 2021
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Psychology and other "helping professions" such as counselling and social work are often regarded as quintessentially human domains. Unlike workers in manual or routine jobs, psychologists generally see no threat to their ...
Feb 9, 2021
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Researchers from McGill University have discovered, for the first time, one of the possible mechanisms that contributes to the ability of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to increase social interaction. The findings, which ...
Jan 26, 2021
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Defensive behaviors are common responses when people feel personally attacked but can undermine our ability to identify problems and find solutions.
Dec 1, 2020
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The families of veterans with substance use problems struggle with high levels of isolation and loneliness and experience extreme distress and despair, a new report has revealed.
Nov 24, 2020
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Minimum alcohol pricing would "disproportionately benefit" poorer households after analysis revealed social renters were more than 14 times more likely to be victims of alcohol related domestic violence than homeowners.
Nov 6, 2020
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A significant number of students in the middle school years across Australia have emotional and behavioural problems and experience high rates of bullying that can negatively affect their long-term health and learning, according ...
Oct 29, 2020
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