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Psychotherapy offers obesity prevention for 'at risk' teenage girls

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

A team of scientists at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the National Institutes of Health have piloted psychotherapy treatment to prevent excessive weight gain in teenager girls deemed 'at risk' ...

Psychologist to examine childhood depression

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Dec 15, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Research by Binghamton University psychologist Brandon Gibb could provide new weapons for the fight against childhood depression. Working with colleagues around the country, he hopes to identify the causes of mental-health ...

The importance of attractiveness depends on where you live

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Dec 15, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (6) | 2

Do good-looking people really benefit from their looks, and in what ways? A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas found that yes; attractive people do tend to have more social relationships ...

Marriage is good for the health: global study

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Dec 15, 2009 | 3.7 / 5 (3) | 1

Despite the barbs of comedians and the spectacular bust-ups documented in the gossip magazines, marriage really is good for you, international research has found.

Ending the cycle of poverty

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Dec 14, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- While many academically talented high-school students in Providence, Rhode Island, are figuring out what outfit to wear to school on a particular day, other top grade-earners are busily getting ...

Cognitive therapy key to tackling depression

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Dec 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New research from The University of Western Ontario shows why people suffering from depression may have a far greater hope of finding lasting relief by receiving cognitive therapy, rather than simply taking ...

I think step to the left, you think step to the east

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 14, 2009 | 4.8 / 5 (6) | 4

Even the way people remember dance moves depends on the culture they come from, according to a report in the December 14th issue of Current Biology. Whereas a German or other Westerner might think in terms of "step to the ...

Book demystifies psychiatry for the general public

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Dec 14, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (2) | 0

Psychiatric disorders are underdiagnosed, poorly treated and highly stigmatized, according to psychiatrists Charles F. Zorumski, M.D., and Eugene H. Rubin, M.D., Ph.D. So these Washington University physicians ...

Witnesses to bullying may face more mental health risks than bullies and victims

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Dec 14, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Students who watch as their peers endure the verbal or physical abuses of another student could become as psychologically distressed, if not more so, by the events than the victims themselves, new research suggests.

National survey tracks rates of common mental disorders among American youth

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Dec 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Only about half of American children and teenagers who have certain mental disorders receive professional services, according to a nationally representative survey funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health ...

eBay Mind Games

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 11, 2009 | 3.3 / 5 (4) | 3

Psychologists have long known that when two people haggle over a price, it pays for the seller to start high.

More mental health care called for in wake of Ft. Hood shootings

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Dec 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

The recent shootings at the Ft. Hood, Texas army base, allegedly by an army psychiatrist, have placed much-needed focus on mental health care in the army. In an article published in the December issue of the journal CNS Sp ...

Why England's soccer team keeps losing on penalties

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Dec 11, 2009 | 4.2 / 5 (5) | 3

A new study may explain why the England soccer team keeps losing in penalty shootouts - and could help the team address the problem in time for the World Cup 2010. Research by the University of Exeter shows ...

Personalities judged by physical appearance alone

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Dec 10, 2009 | 3.6 / 5 (5) | 1

Observers were able to accurately judge some aspects of a stranger's personality from looking at photographs, according to a study in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSBP), the official monthl ...

Pathological gambling may be successfully treated with medications for substance addiction

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Dec 10, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Pathological gambling can be successfully treated with medications that decrease urges and increase inhibitions, according to researchers at the annual meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP). Researchers ...