Psychology & Psychiatry
The mental health of home-carers deteriorated more during lockdown than non-carers
A new study has found the mental health of home-carers deteriorated more during lockdown than non-carers.
Jun 14, 2021
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News tagged with social learning
Psychology & Psychiatry
Young teens should only use recreational internet and video games one hour daily
Middle-school aged children who use the internet, social media or video games recreationally for more than an hour each day during the school week have significantly lower grades and test scores, according to a study from ...
May 24, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Preventing youth suicides
In October of 2020, a stark public health warning was released by a Connecticut public health clearinghouse: youth suicides were on the rise in Connecticut and we had to act fast. Even before this recent surge, suicide was ...
Mar 18, 2021
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Medical research
How Twitter can help inform public policy relating to mental and emotional well‑being during social isolation
While the long-term emotional impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are yet to be fully understood, social media is providing useful insight into how those in social isolation are feeling and how this may be affecting emotional ...
Mar 3, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Public attitude toward COVID-19 is more "infectious" than disease itself, study shows
Public attitude toward COVID-19 and its treatments is more "infectious" than the disease itself, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyze tweets about the virus. Researchers ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Addiction
Excessive social media use linked to binge eating in US preteens
Children in the United States who have more screen time at ages 9-10 are more likely to develop binge-eating disorder one year later, according to a new national study.
Mar 1, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How the pandemic may damage children's social intelligence
Do you remember the excitement and anticipation of your first day at school? Perhaps you were looking forward to making new friends. Or maybe you were shy and anxious. Research shows that such excitement and stress are the ...
Feb 15, 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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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Students' mental health deteriorating during pandemic
Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck last March, psychiatric emergency visits at Rady Children's Hospital near San Diego have crept up as youths and teens struggle with virtual learning, social isolation and unstable home lives.
Feb 2, 2021
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Neuroscience
Love and hate in the mouse brain
Mounting behavior, that awkward thrusting motion dogs sometimes do against your leg, is usually associated with sexual arousal in animals, but this is not always the case. New research by Caltech neuroscientists that explores ...
Dec 24, 2020
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