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Psychology Headlines
Improving Understanding Of Psychiatric Disorders With The Help Of Zebrafish
Scientists at Queen Mary, University of London have shown that zebrafish could be used to study the underlying causes of psychiatric disorders. The study, published online in the journal Behavioural Brain Research, found zebrafish can modify their behaviour in response to varying situations...
Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Genetic Test May Predict Risk Of Schizophrenia
Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a test that can predict how likely an individual is to develop schizophrenia. The scientists combined data from several different types of studies in order to identify and prioritize a group of genes most associated with the disease...
Sat, 19 May 2012 09:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Distraction As Pain Relief
Mental distractions make pain easier to take, and those pain-relieving effects aren't just in your head, according to a report published online in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication...
Sat, 19 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
The Influence Of Genes On Psychological Well-Being
Genes play a greater role in forming character traits - such as self-control, decision making or sociability - than was previously thought, new research suggests. A study of more than 800 sets of twins found that genetics were more influential in shaping key traits than a person's home environment and surroundings...
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Famous 1848 Case Of A Man Who Survived A Terrible Brain Injury Has Modern Parallel
Poor Phineas Gage. In 1848, the supervisor for the Rutland and Burlington Railroad in Vermont was using a 13-pound, 3-foot-7-inch rod to pack blasting powder into a rock when he triggered an explosion that drove the rod through his left cheek and out of the top of his head. As reported at the time, the rod was later found, "smeared with blood and brains...
Fri, 18 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
In-Patient Suicides Reduced In Psychiatric Units
Suicides by psychiatric in-patients have fallen to a new low, research just published has found...
Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Experts Recommend Overhaul Of Psychiatry's Diagnostic Manual
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), long the master reference work in psychiatry, is seriously flawed and needs radical change from its current "field guide" form, according to an essay by two Johns Hopkins psychiatrists published in the New England Journal of Medicine. "A generation ago it served useful purposes, but now it needs clear alterations," says Paul R...
Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Shared Risk Factors For Child Behavior Problems Revealed For U.S., Great Britain
New research from North Carolina State University shows that the United States and Great Britain share common risk factors that increase the likelihood of behavioral problems in children - and that Britain's broader social welfare programs don't appear to mitigate those risks...
Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
A Very Sugary Diet Makes You Stupid
As we near the final year exams for schools and universities, students should be wary of powering up on buckets of soda and pocketfuls of candy bars. A UCLA study on rats suggests that fructose slows down the brain and memory functions. Too much sweetness can also prevent learning. The findings are published in Journal of Physiology and also show omega-3 fatty acids helping to negate the effect...
Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Resiliency During Early Years Can Protect Against Later Alcohol/Drug Use
Resiliency is a measure of a person's ability to flexibly adapt their behaviors to fit the surroundings in which they find themselves. Low resiliency during childhood has been linked to later alcohol/drug problems during the teenage years...
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Women Seen As Objects, Not People In Sexualized Images
Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women's sexualized bodies are on display. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that both men and women see images of sexy women's bodies as objects, while they see sexy-looking men as people...
Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
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 University, Ontario, offers a new idea, and some preliminary evidence to back it up...
Wed, 16 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Study Suggests Nature Walks Improve Cognitive Abilities For People With Clinical Depression
A walk in the park may have psychological benefits for people suffering from depression. In one of the first studies to examine the effect of nature walks on cognition and mood in people with major depression, researchers in Canada and the U.S. have found promising evidence that a walk in the park may provide some cognitive benefits...
Tue, 15 May 2012 04:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
The Brain's Neuronal Circuit Excitability May Be Altered By Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Lead To Brain Network Dysfunction
Even mild head injuries can cause significant abnormalities in brain function that last for several days, which may explain the neurological symptoms experienced by some individuals who have experienced a head injury associated with sports, accidents or combat, according to a study by Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine researchers...
Mon, 14 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Genetic Findings: Gifts Of The MAGI In Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
These findings are not about the classic story of gift-giving, although the MAGI genes (officially named membrane associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain containing proteins) do influence brain function in important ways. MAGI1 and MAGI2 are genes that code for the MAGI proteins...
Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
New Study Finds Military Marriages Are Not More Vulnerable To Divorce
Despite the fact that military service means working long hours with unpredictable schedules, frequent relocations, and separations from loved ones due to deployment, a new study published in the Journal of Family Issues (a SAGE journal) finds that marriages of military members are not more vulnerable than civilian marriages...
Mon, 14 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Neurotranmitters Identified That Lead To Forgetting
While we often think of memory as a way of preserving the essential idea of who we are, little thought is given to the importance of forgetting to our wellbeing, whether what we forget belongs in the "horrible memories department" or just reflects the minutia of day-to-day living...
Fri, 11 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Study Identifies Five Factors That Promote A Positive Body Image In Women
Women with high family support and limited pressure to achieve the 'thin and beautiful' ideal have a more positive body image. That's according to a new study looking at five factors that may help young women to be more positive about their bodies, in the context of a society where discontent with appearance is common among women. The work by Dr...
Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Facebook Addiction - New Psychological Scale
Researchers in Norway have published a new psychological scale to measure Facebook addiction, the first of its kind worldwide. They write about their work in the April 2012 issue of the journal Psychological Reports. They hope that researchers will find the new psychometric tool useful in investigating problem behavior linked to Facebook use...
Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Another Facet Of War: Ex Armed Forces Service Personnel In Prison
Dr James Treadwell from the Department of Criminology at the University of Leicester presented his research before his peers at a research seminar, announcing his findings on why ex-armed forces personnel end up in prison The seminar will draw on 29 interviews with serving male prisoners, who were previously employed in HM armed forces undertaken in three prisons in England in late 2010...
Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Bilingual Study Reveals How Emotion Can Shut Down High-Level Mental Processes Without Our Knowledge
Psychologists at Bangor University believe that they have glimpsed for the first time, a process that takes place deep within our unconscious brain, where primal reactions interact with higher mental processes. Writing in the Journal of Neuroscience (May 9, 2012 - 32(19):6485 - 6489 - 6485), they identify a reaction to negative language inputs which shuts down unconscious processing...
Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Brain Structure Affected By Psychiatric Medications
It is increasingly recognized that chronic psychotropic drug treatment may lead to structural remodeling of the brain...
Thu, 10 May 2012 00:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Brain Networks May Help Prevent Traffic Jams
According to a study published May 6 in Nature Neuroscience, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the University Medical Center at Hamburg-Eppendorf and the University of Tübingen have found that networks in the brain may avoid congestion at their busiest intersections by communicating on different frequencies. Co-author Maurizio Corbetta, M.D...
Wed, 09 May 2012 10:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
Depression - How Effective Is Collaborative Care Intervention?
A study published in the May issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, reveals that individuals with depression and poorly controlled diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, or both, can benefit from a collaborative care intervention...
Wed, 09 May 2012 09:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
After ICD implants, Heart Patients With A Distressed Personality Reported Worse Health
People with a distressed (Type D) personality reported worse health than other patients after having devices implanted to ensure proper heart rhythm, according to new research in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal...
Wed, 09 May 2012 02:00:00 PDT - Source:MedNewsToday
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