Psychology & Psychiatry
After grieving mother's death, teen commits to helping others
Growing up in Wichita, Kansas, Ngoc Vuong had a wide circle of Vietnamese friends to play with in his neighborhood.
Sep 24, 2020
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Pediatrics
Neighborhood-based friendships making a comeback for kids in the age of coronavirus
As the weather has warmed in my Midwestern town, my neighborhood is full of children on bicycles pretending to be riding through the Wild West. I can't walk down the sidewalk without stepping on chalk drawings or hopscotch ...
Jun 11, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
APA to states, insurers: Provide access to mental health care during COVID-19 crisis
The American Psychological Association called on states and insurers to move quickly to allow people to connect with their mental health providers remotely using telehealth as the need for mental health services rises during ...
Mar 25, 2020
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Health
Kids' pain researcher launches social media campaign to connect with parents
In an effort to get up-to-date research findings about children's pain directly into the hands of parents, Dr. Christine Chambers and her team at the Halifax-based Centre for Pediatric Pain Research, have partnered with YummyMummyClub.ca ...
Sep 23, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Peering into our blind spots: New book details decades of groundbreaking work on bias
Mahzarin Banaji shouldn't have been biased against women. A leading social psychologist—who rose from unlikely circumstances in her native India, where she once dreamed of becoming a secretary—she knew better than most ...
Feb 27, 2013
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Health
Uruguay poised to legalize abortion
(AP)—Uruguay's congress appeared ready on Tuesday to legalize abortion, a groundbreaking move in Latin America, where no country save Cuba has made abortions accessible to all women during the first trimester of pregnancy.
Sep 25, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Religion replenishes self-control
There are many theories about why religion exists, most of them unproven. Now, in an article published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, psychologist Kevin Rounding of Queen's ...
May 14, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mental health workers: The overlooked victims of 9/11
We've all heard about the stress experienced by victims of 9/11, but have we ever paused to think about the effect of those terrorist attacks on mental health clinicians who provided care to the victims? A new study by Mary ...
Mar 27, 2012
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Autism spectrum disorders
Augmented play helps autism
Playing with interactive toys could help children with autism to improve their social interaction with other children, say University of Sussex psychologists.
Feb 23, 2012
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