Psychology & Psychiatry
Three factors exacerbate suicidal behavior in bullied teens
James Cook University researchers have found three lifestyle factors that predispose bullied adolescents to plan or attempt suicide.
Jun 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More than half of adolescents practice poor hand hygiene
Only one in three adolescents are practising appropriate hand hygiene, a new global study involving University of Queensland researchers has found.
May 18, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online CBT effective for social anxiety disorder in young people
Social anxiety disorder can cause considerable suffering in children and adolescents and, for many with the disorder, access to effective treatment is limited. Researchers at Center for Psychiatry Research at Karolinska Institutet ...
May 12, 2021
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Pediatrics
Study links child behavior problems to prenatal tobacco smoke and traffic density
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why your social media habit is probably not an addiction
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Too much social media can be harmful, but it's not addictive like drugs
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Phone call anxiety: Why so many of us have it, and how to get over it
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 & Psychiatry
Machines can do most of a psychologist's job. The industry must prepare for disruption
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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Medications
LSD may offer viable treatment for certain mental disorders
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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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why people become defensive and how to address it
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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