Psychology & Psychiatry
Fire-walking inspires a heart-to-heart
Fire-walkers' heart rates sync with those of onlooking family and friends during the ritualistic walk across the coals, a PNAS study finds.
May 5, 2011
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Health
Q&A: How a social connection expert stays connected and why
Once a week, social connectedness expert Dr. Julianne Holt-Lunstad takes an afternoon to ski with her husband, Nathan. During the pandemic, the Salt Lake City couple started hiking together regularly. And after 30 years of ...
Feb 13, 2024
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New research looks at life satisfaction in pandemic-era teens with mental health histories
New research from the NIH's Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Program suggests that during the COVID-19 pandemic, some teens with a history of depression, anxiety, autism and ADHD experienced more severe ...
Oct 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Lifestyle medicine interventions help pediatricians manage adolescent depression
With the rising prevalence of depression in adolescents, screening requirements are increasingly falling on pediatric primary care providers, who are encountering more at-risk patients. A new literature review in the Harvard ...
Sep 15, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic increases loneliness among Australians with adverse health outcomes costing up to $2.7 billion per year
Released today by the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, the 'Stronger Together: Loneliness and social connectedness in Australia' report has revealed overall social connectivity in Australia, which had been in steady decline ...
Nov 18, 2021
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A time to embrace the edge spaces that make our neighbourhoods tick
As we emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, it is timely to reflect on how the design of our neighbourhoods and the ways we interact with them affect our lived experience.
Jun 1, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social connectedness may help victims of cyberbullying
A new Psychology in the Schools study found that social connectedness may act as a protective buffer against the negative mental health effects of cyberbullying.
Feb 21, 2019
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Health
Gerontologists tackle social isolation, increasingly a public health concern
Social connectivity and meaningful social engagement must be promoted as integral components of healthy aging, according to a new collection of articles in the latest issue of Public Policy & Aging Report (PP&AR) from The ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Aging with an intellectual disability—new longitudinal report
Increased rates of important health screenings and access to GPs amongst people with an intellectual disability have been highlighted in a new report launched this week. These health gains, however, are potentially being ...
Dec 7, 2017
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Gene that's usually bad news loses its punch if you live to your 90s, study finds
A gene linked to the risk of developing Alzheimer's, heart disease and diabetes becomes less important to quality of life once people hit their 90s, a Mayo Clinic study shows. At that point, good friends and a positive attitude ...
Oct 25, 2012
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