News tagged with mental resources

Pediatric emergency department visits for psychiatric care on the rise

Pediatric patients, primarily those who are underinsured (either without insurance or receiving Medicaid), are increasingly receiving psychiatric care in hospital emergency departments (EDs), according to an abstract presented ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Extreme negative anti-smoking ads can backfire, experts find

Health communicators have long searched for the most effective ways to convince smokers to quit. Now, University of Missouri researchers have found that using a combination of disturbing images and threatening messages to ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Color red increases the speed and strength of reactions

What links speed, power, and the color red? Hint: it's not a sports car. It's your muscles.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For teens battling depression, interactive online tools big help

Interactive online mental health resources combined with traditional counselling help improve the mental wellbeing of teenagers, according to new research by the University of Sydney published in the Journal of Technology in Human Services. ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 07, 2010 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Activity of individual brain cells predicts cognitive flexibility

A new study provides intriguing insights into mechanisms of cognitive flexibility at the single cell level. The research, published by Cell Press in the March 26th issue of the journal Neuron, may help to explain how we can ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0