Psychology & Psychiatry

Mind Calls For Regulation Of Counsellors And Psychotherapists, UK

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 4 小时 39 分钟
Mind today presents new evidence to illustrate the barriers people face when trying to make a complaint about counsellors and psychotherapists and urgently calls for independent statutory regulation to help protect clients from malpractice (1)...

Risk-Free Treatment For Low Female Sexual Desire

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 8 小时 39 分钟
According to the Journal of Sexual Medicine, people who engage in regular sexual activity gain several health benefits, such as longer lives, healthier hearts, lower blood pressure, and lower risk of breast cancer. However, approximately 33 percent of women may not receive these benefits due to low sexual desire...

Brain Activity Predicts Emotional Resiliency Following A Fight With A Partner

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 13:00
Common wisdom tells us that for a successful relationship partners shouldn't go to bed angry. But new research from a psychologist at Harvard University suggests that brain activity - specifically in the region called the lateral prefrontal cortex - is a far better indicator of how someone will feel in the days following a fight with his or her partner...

Male Batterers Consistently Overestimate General Rates Of Violence Toward Partners

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 13:00
Men who engaged in domestic violence consistently overestimated how common such behavior is, and the more they overestimated it the more they engaged in abusing their partner in the previous 90 days, according to new research conducted at the University of Washington...

New Research Looks At Beliefs About God's Influence In Everyday Life

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 13:00
Most Americans believe God is concerned with their personal well-being and is directly involved in their personal affairs, according to new research out of the University of Toronto. Using data from two recent national surveys of Americans, UofT Sociology Professor Scott Schieman examined peoples' beliefs about God's involvement and influence in everyday life...

Development Of New Scale To Measure Anxiety Outcomes

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 12:00
A new questionnaire and outcomes measurement scale developed by the department of psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital has proven to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety. The scale can easily be incorporated into routine clinical practice when treating psychiatric disorders. The study appears online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry...

The CSIC Presents The Archive Of Mourning Concerning The Terrorist Attacks In Madrid

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 12:00
The project, directed by CSIC researcher Cristina Sanchez Carretero was completed through close collaboration with associations for victims and those affected. On Thursday March 11, the project will end with its transfer to the Spanish Railway Foundation and the digitized catalog will be available for study with prior approval...

Massage Eases Anxiety, But No Better Than Simple Relaxation Does

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 10:00
A new randomized trial shows that on average, three months after receiving a series of 10 massage sessions, patients had half the symptoms of anxiety. This improvement resembles that previously reported with psychotherapy, medications, or both...

The Role Of Baby-Sign In Child Development

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 09:00
How important is it for mothers to use hand gestures to communicate with their infants? This is the key question investigated by new research being showcased at the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) Festival of Social Science on 18 March. The event 'Communicating with Your Baby' has been organised by Professor Karen Pine from the University of Hertfordshire...

When Personality Makes Drugs Ineffective In Depression

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 09:00
A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics addresses the role of personality factors in moderating treatment response in depression...

Anthropologist/Neuroscientist Team Propose That Religion Is Ubiquitous And Persistent Because The Human Brain Needs It

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 08:00
In the fractious debate on the existence of God and the nature of religion, two distinguished scientists radically alter the discussion...

APA Modifies DSM Naming Convention To Reflect Publication Changes

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 08:00
Beginning with the upcoming fifth edition, new versions of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) will be identified with Arabic rather than Roman numerals, marking a change in how future updates will be created, according to the American Psychiatric Association...

Veterans Mental Health Service Extended Across Wales

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 10, 2010 - 08:00
A pilot project to support armed services personnel experiencing mental health problems as a result of their service will be extended across Wales, Health Minister Edwina Hart announced. The service, which has been trialled in the Cardiff and Vale and Cwm Taf Health Board areas, offered access to clinicians with expertise in veterans' mental health to provide assessment and suitable treatment...

Traumatized London Bombing Survivors Benefit From Outreach Program

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 9, 2010 - 13:00
A new mental health outreach programme set up after the 2005 London bombings has successfully identified and treated hundreds of survivors. After the 7/7 bombings in 2005 a group of clinical psychologists targeted nearly a thousand survivors of the attacks by painstakingly compiling hospital treatment records, police witness files and referrals from GPs...

The Prevalence Of Cyberbullying And Its Psychological Impact On Nonheterosexual Youth Revealed By New Study

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 9, 2010 - 13:00
Schools are typically on guard against students who bully by inflicting repeated violence on other students. But technology has given rise to a relatively new form of bullying which inflicts emotional harm in a stealth manner, working through Web sites, chat rooms, e-mail, cell phones and instant messaging...

Research Answers The Question, 'Who Am I Without You?'

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 9, 2010 - 13:00
When a romantic relationship ends, an individual's self-concept is vulnerable to change, according to research in the February issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (published by SAGE). Self-concept is defined as a person's sense of "me." Romantic partners develop shared friends, activities and even overlapping self-concepts...

BC Psychologist Named 2010 Sloan Research Fellow

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 9, 2010 - 13:00
Sara Cordes, an assistant professor of psychology at Boston College, is among 118 outstanding early career scientists, mathematicians, and economists to be named Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellows for 2010, the Sloan Foundation has announced...

State Roundup: N.Y. Drug Pricing, Vermont Hospital Ads, Massachusetts Nursing Homes And Anti-Psychotics

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 9, 2010 - 12:00
Poughkeepsie Journal: A new report on New York drug prices, "issued by the New York Public Interest Research Group, Consumers Union, the Center for Medical Consumers and AARP, looked at the price of the 10 most popular drugs found in the state's pharmacies provided through a Freedom of Information Law request...

Online Dating And The Link Between Depression And Relational Uncertainty

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 9, 2010 - 12:00
There's no doubt that meeting partners on the Internet is a growing trend. But can we trust the information that people provide about themselves via online dating services? And why is depression so dissatisfying in relationships? These two questions are explored in articles appearing in the latest issue of the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, published by SAGE...

Nasty Or Nice? Two-Faced Testosterone

Pscyhology & Psychiatry News - 三月 9, 2010 - 12:00
Is aggression always the best response to a challenge? Testosterone may not necessarily cause aggression but behavior can drive testosterone secretion...
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