Health
Who's most likely to get bullied at school?
Bullying remains a threat to American teens, and a new study reveals which kids may be at highest risk.
Jul 27, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social anxiety disorder, fear and anxiety lead to avoidance
It's normal to feel nervous in some social situations. For example, going on a date or giving a presentation may cause that feeling of butterflies in your stomach. But in social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, ...
Jul 20, 2021
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Neuroscience
Scientists say active early learning shapes the adult brain
An enhanced learning environment during the first five years of life shapes the brain in ways that are apparent four decades later, say Virginia Tech and University of Pennsylvania scientists writing in the June edition of ...
Jun 1, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A mental health checkup for children and adolescents, a year into COVID
A school year like no other is about to end. The weather is warming up. In many places across the United States, COVID case numbers have been dropping and continue to decrease, meaning camps and other summer outdoor activities ...
May 28, 2021
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
How communities can fight the stigma that isolates people with dementia
Keeping people with dementia separated and secured is a common practice, based on the reasonable idea of safety first for the vulnerable. During this pandemic, however, contact with those in care homes, many of whom have ...
May 10, 2021
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Treatment for stuttering may be most effective when addressing anxiety as well as speech
Joe Biden's election as president of the United States rekindled interest in accomplishments by adults who stutter. Biden has struggled with a stutter since childhood.
May 4, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Culturally based online peer support group brought mental health benefits during COVID-19
A new online culturally based support program, CHATogether may serve as an effective peer support model during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, according to a new study from researchers at Yale. The research was presented ...
May 3, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Have introverts really fared better in lockdown?
Since the onset of the pandemic, everyone from newspaper columnists to Twitter users has advanced the now idea that extroverts and introverts are handling the crisis differently.
Apr 13, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Pandemic babies: How COVID-19 has affected child development
Babies born after March 11 2020 will have only known a world in the grip of a pandemic. They may never have met anyone who isn't their parent, or they may only ever have seen their grandparents from a distance. They certainly ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Larger pupils? You might just have gained someone's trust
Synchrony in heart rate, skin conductance and pupil diameter plays a big role in human social interactions, such as gaining trust or being attracted toward each other. This is what Eliska Prochazkova found in several lab ...
Mar 4, 2021
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