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Relationships: What Attracts A Woman To A Man: Facial Attractiveness Explained

Friday, 28 August 2009 5:19 P GMT
  Article Date: 25 Aug 2009When it comes to potential mates, women may be as complicated as men claim they are, according to psychologists. "We have found that women evaluate facial attractiveness on two levels -- a sexual level, based on

What Is Agoraphobia? What Causes Agoraphobia?

Friday, 28 August 2009 4:38 P GMT
  Article Date: 28 Aug 2009A person with agoraphobia fears being in places where there is a chance of having a panic attack that people may witness, and getting away rapidly may be difficult. Because of these fears the sufferer will deliberately

Both Heavy Drinkers and Teetotalers More Likely to be Anxious, Depressed

Friday, 28 August 2009 4:22 P GMT
 Christian Fossen - NTNUWhen it comes to alcohol consumption and depression, a new study by a team of Norwegian and British researchers shows that heavy drinkers - but also teetotalers - have higher levels of depression and anxiety than those wh

Gary McKinnon Updates: Protestors Challenge McKinnon Extradition/American Civil Liberties Union Attacks David Miliband over UK/US Extradition Treaty

Thursday, 27 August 2009 9:05 P GMT
 By Jon Ashford Skip related contentProtestors against Gary McKinnon's extradition demonstrated in Grosvenor Square today, just metres from the US embassy.Among the attendees at the demonstration, organised by civil liberties campaigners Lib

The Importance of Employee Mental Health

Thursday, 27 August 2009 8:47 P GMT
 By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 27, 2009Although the strongest asset for many companies is the workforce, leaders often fail to recognize the consequences of disrespectful managerial beh

Personality Disorders and Eating Disorders, Treatment: The Sooner The Better

Thursday, 27 August 2009 8:12 P GMT
 Simone Hoermann, Ph.D.Last week, I wrote about the co-occurrence between personality disorders and eating disorders last week, describing the major eating disorders, and gave a few numbers on how frequently people with eating disorders can also

Fwd: NewArticle on Huffington Post: The Disability, Health Care & Employment Connection

Wednesday, 26 August 2009 7:58 P GMT
 The Disability, Health Care and Employment Connection As the health care reform debate rages, we see a few old familiar chestnuts being dragged from the anti-reform fire. Critics of health care reform have expressed concern that increased gover

Epilepsy & Behavior: The Sexual Transformation Delusion

Wednesday, 26 August 2009 9:20 A GMT
 August 26, 2009The sexual tranformation delusion:Medical journal Epilepsy and Behavior has a curious case study of a female patient who had the experience of changing sex when she had a seizure. The patient in question had a small tumour near

Instant Messaging Can Help Depression

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 9:01 P GMT
  BMJ Group That pop-up message window may be an irritant to many of us, but new research shows it can be used as an aid to getting over depression. Researchers have found that online talking treatment using instant messaging can help people rec

Fwd: Senator Dick Durbin on ADA, Disability Employment & Capabilities of Autistic Workers

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 8:57 P GMT
 Remarks by Senator Richard J. Durbin*At Illinois Wesleyan University**Employees with Disabilities:  An Untapped Resource**Aug. 13, 2009*I want to thank Dr. Richard Wilson for that generous introduction and forhis outstanding leadership as

Study: People Who MultiTask May Be Bad At It

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 8:27 P GMT
  August 24, 2009 WASHINGTON - The people who multitask the most are the ones who are worst at it. That's the surprising conclusion of researchers at Stanford University, who found multitaskers are more

BPS Research Digest: The Special Issue Spotter

Tuesday, 25 August 2009 8:19 P GMT
  We trawl the world's journals so you don't have to:Impulsivity and Frontal Lobes: Roles in Psychopathology and Addiction (Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behaviour).Outcomes of Integrated Working with Children and Young People (Children

Lack of Sun May Dim Depressed People's Thinking

Monday, 24 August 2009 4:04 P GMT
 By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A lack of sunshine may cloud memory and other thinking or "cognitive" functions in some people with depression, a new study hints. There is a well-known association between sunlight exposure a

Abstract: Acute Changes in Obsessions and Compulsions Following Moderate-Intensity Aerobic Exercise Among Patients with OCD

Monday, 24 August 2009 3:53 P GMT
 Abrantes AM, Strong DR, Cohn A, Cameron AY, Greenberg BD, Mancebo MC, Brown RA. Butler Hospital/Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, United States Aerobic exercise can acutely influence anxious and depressive mood in bot

Abstract: Cognitive-Behavioral Family Treatment for Childhood OCD: A 7-Year Follow-Up Study

Monday, 24 August 2009 3:43 P GMT
 O'Leary EM, Barrett P, Fjermestad KW. Pathways Health and Research Centre, PO Box 5699, West End, Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia; The University of Queensland, Social Sciences Building (24), Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia; The Bergen Group

Report on Corporal Punishment in Schools: Disabled Students Receive Disproportionate Share

Monday, 24 August 2009 3:12 P GMT
 August 23, 5:56 PMSarah Rigg A report by Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released earlier this month found that nearly a quarter of a million children were subjected to corporal punishment in U.S. public schools during

Sleep: A Common Science Mystery

Friday, 21 August 2009 9:08 P GMT
 By Rick Nauert PhD Senior News Editor Reviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on August 21, 2009It may be a surprise that an activity we perform for one third of our life is an endeavor that modern science has a hard time explaining. The eve

Effectiveness of Online Cognitive Behavioural Therapy When Delivered Online In Real Time By A Therapist

Friday, 21 August 2009 7:42 P GMT
  Article Date: 21 Aug 2009 - 0:00 PDTAn article in this week's Global Mental Health special edition of The Lancet reports that Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) seems to be efficient when delivered online in real time by a therapist. The

Communication in Relationships: Key Questions to Consider in Significant Relationships & Related Articles

Friday, 21 August 2009 7:04 P GMT
 Elisha Goldstein, Ph.D.The Today Show recently did a piece on married couples that people in significant relationships may find relevant in today's day and age. The three questions they pondered were: Money - Should couples

News 20th August, 2009.

Thursday, 20 August 2009 10:32 P GMT
 HEADLINES “Family of dead autistic boy takes police to task ... Kimberly Ruth Noyes, 42, has been arrested in connection with the death of Fulton, who vanished Saturday afternoon from his doorstep in Grand Forks, about 520 km east of Va

Will Hadcroft - RBS World Magazine Interview

Thursday, 20 August 2009 1:16 P GMT
 Author Will Hadcroft I'm a bestselling author When the working day ends, Will Hadcroft starts writingOnce upon a time there was a 10-year-old boy who filled his exercise books with tales of time-travelling inspired by the British

Brain is a Co-Conspirator in a Vicious Stress Loop

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 11:10 P GMT
  By NATALIE ANGIER If after a few months' exposure to our David Lynch economy, in which housing markets spontaneously combust, coworkers mysteriously disappear and the stifled moans of dying 401(k) plans can be heard through the floorboards

'Dostoevsky Mice' Cured of Epilepsy

Wednesday, 19 August 2009 10:36 P GMT
 03 August 2009 by Colin Barras Epilepsy may be sparked by a metal imbalance in the brain caused by a single gene mutation, a study in mice suggests. The finding could help develop new treatments in humans who suffer

Benefit of Early Detection of Developmental Language Disorders Cannot Be Proven Due to Lack of Data

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 10:21 P GMT
 Language is a central element of social life. It is not only a prerequisite for personal relationships, but also for employment prospects. If a child's language development is impaired, this can have far-reaching negative consequences. Thus

Review Provides New Insights Into The Causes Of Anorexia

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 10:10 P GMT
 New imaging technology provides insight into abnormalities in the brain circuitry of patients with anorexia nervosa (commonly known as anorexia) that may contribute to the puzzling symptoms found in people with the eating disorder. In a review

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