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Rural women who do seek mental health help are more likely to receive care from their primary physician than are urban women.

A new study is looking at a century of mass migrations worldwide to understand the public health consequences when people are forced to flee from war, persecution and natural disaster.

University of Washington One might think that after years of seeing people at their worst, mental health workers would harbor negative attitudes about mental illness, perhaps associating people with mental health issues as less competent or dangerous. But a new study suggests the opposite. In a survey of 731 mental health professionals in Washington state, the more seniority employees had on the job, the more positively they viewed people with mental illness.

A University of Queensland researcher has developed new guidelines for psychiatrists and dermatologists to safely prescribe a common acne drug linked with suicide and depression.

Congressional tax-code writers hoped the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) would change behavior of the poor by rewarding work.

As many American public school districts adopt single-sex classrooms and even entire schools, a new study finds scant evidence that they offer educational or social benefits. The study was the largest and most thorough effort to examine the issue to date, says Janet Hyde , a professor of psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

ANN ARBOR-Minority youth who feel good about their ethnicity or race exhibit fewer symptoms of depression and emotional and behavior problems, new research suggests. These youths also experience more positive social interactions and better self-esteem, well-being and academic achievement, according to a new meta-analysis summarizing 46 existing studies.

Babies quickly overcome an initial reluctance to handle plants once they see adults put fruit from leafy greens into their mouths.

Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's Roberta Klatzky To Receive Queenan Professorship in Psychology-Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University Chair Recognizes Klatzky's Outstanding Contributions

People do not need race, religion, or politics to divide themselves into groups - all it takes is the presence of two simple and well-established principles of psychology, a team led by researchers at Yale University and the University of North Carolina has shown. A simple computer model shows that the recipe to create "us versus them" would be familiar to any member of a schoolyard clique.

University of Toronto is partnering with three other leading health care and research institutions to address a major gap in our health care system: the care of those suffering from simultaneous mental and physical illness.

New book examines long-term effects of conflict between parents on children A new book co-authored by University of Sussex Professor Gordon Harold provides crucial new evidence on how conflict between parents affects children's psychological development. The book, Parental conflict: Outcomes and interventions for children and families 1 is aimed at all professionals working with children and families where inter-parental conflict is a common feature of family life.

Scientists put flies on tiny spherical treadmills to study their similarities with humans in viewing moving objects. Anyone who has tried to swat a fly knows they can quickly spot - and evade - the approaching swatter. New research from a team of Stanford scientists might explain why: Flies and humans share a computational strategy to perceive motion.

Researchers are looking for volunteers to take part in a study which aims to develop tools to help stroke survivors with everyday tasks.

The complex political and psychological barriers which often need to be overcome in peace negotiations are to be explored in a public debate at Plymouth University.

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Press Release: Carnegie Mellon's J. David Creswell Receives American Psychological Association Early Career Award-Carnegie Mellon News - Carnegie Mellon University Contact: Shilo Rea / 412-268

After a long, tiring day many of us simply give in to the urge to grab a favourite unhealthy snack and avoid tackling obligatory tasks.

o Patients are five times more likely to experience depression o Limiting illness affects young people's relationships and employment prospects A new study looking at the impact inflammatory bowel di

by Andrea Livesey, School of Histories, Languages and Cultures Andrea is studying a PhD on the sexual abuse and exploitation of enslaved African Americans in the lower US South.

In trying to predict mass shootings, there is no reliable psychological profile or set of warning signs that can help to identify shooters, according to " Gun Violence: Prediction, Prevention and Policy ," a comprehensive report issued today by the American Psychological Association.

Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower rates of growth in two key brain structures, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

11 Dec 2013 A European team of experts led by The University of Manchester will explore, investigate and evaluate the role of the neighbourhood in the everyday lives of people with dementia and their families in a new research project announced during the G8 dementia summit today (11 December). The 'Neighbourhoods and Dementia' study was one of six research projects announced by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) along with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as part of a £20 million funding boost which will significantly add to the understanding of dementia.

Stanford brought together educators and entrepreneurs at the first-ever Compassion and Technology Conference to discuss how to uplift humanity in a gadget-driven society full of distractions.

Do booze-free campaigns work? Sussex psychologist to evaluate Dry January As many of us enter the season of excess and office parties, a Sussex psychologist is already looking ahead to the post-Christmas detox.

Stress from having to keep a secret - one's sexual orientation, for example, or simply a forbidden word - can cause lapses in physical stamina, intellectual acuity, executive function and even email etiquette. So says a new report, "The Cost of Keeping It Hidden: Decomposing Concealment Reveals What Makes It Depleting," by two research psychologists, Melissa J. Ferguson at Cornell and Clayton R. Critcher at the University of California, Berkeley, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.

On Friday 29 November 2013 the partners of the ground-breaking National Institute of Dance Medicine and Science (NIDMS) are announcing an agreement to establish the second ever NHS specialist dance i

According to the International Transport Forum Malaysia has one of the highest death rates from road traffic accidents in the world. While the number of road deaths continues to rise in Malaysia the number in the United Kingdom is much lower and experiencing a downward trend. For the first time a team of experts have been looking at the cross-cultural effect on drivers' hazard perception and their research has shown that compared to British drivers, Malaysian motorists are less likely to identify situations as dangerous and also react to them later.

AUSTIN, Texas — More low-income students are attending college than ever before, but many of them are ill prepared for the challenges of higher learning.

Traditional social science research tends to skew toward "WEIRD" subjects-that is, toward the Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic-according to four Harvard researchers who are trying to expand the reach of modern data collection and analysis.

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12 November 2013 Imagine a classroom of normal healthy teenage girls. As many as half of them may grow up and develop anxiety and depression.

Teenagers who go to bed late during the school year are more prone to academic and emotional difficulties in the long run, compared to their earlier-to-bed counterparts, according to a new study from UC Berkeley. Berkeley researchers analyzed longitudinal data from a nationally representative cohort of 2,700 U.S. adolescents of whom 30 percent reported bedtimes later than 11:30 p.m. on school days and 1:30 a.m. in the summer in their middle and high school years.

Children caught up in the emotional aftermath of the NSW bushfires need ongoing support to help them understand their feelings are natural and normal, according to a University of Queensland clinical psychologist.

A distinguished social psychologist, Ambady was well known for her research that showed that people can form accurate first impressions about others based only on seconds-long observations of their nonverbal behavior.

The combined toll of occupational, recreational and environmental noise exposure poses a serious public health threat going far beyond hearing damage, according to an international team of researchers writing this week in The Lancet .

23 October 2013 The first survey of people who have been referred to a psychologist by their general practitioner is being undertaken by the University of Sydney.

The 2013 Roundtable at Stanford, 'Are You Happy Now? The New Science of Happiness and Wellbeing,' took place at Maples Pavilion on Friday.

The study analysed the responses of over 32,000 participants, aged 18 - 85 years, who completed the BBC's `Stress Test' A study by psychologists at the University of Liverpool has found that traumatic

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ANN ARBOR-In his exiled India home, the Dalai Lama of Tibet this month will pick University of Michigan researcher Kent Berridge's brain about cravings.

Researchers from UCL have found that children with irregular bedtimes are more likely to have behavioural difficulties. The study, which is published in the journal Pediatrics, found that irregular bedtimes could disrupt natural body rhythms and cause sleep deprivation, undermining brain maturation and the ability to regulate certain behaviours.

As baseball playoffs begin this week, Yale psychologists have a prediction: Your favorite player is likely to be a natural talent rather than someone who worked hard for success. And it definitely won't be somebody who took performance-enhancing drugs. Studies of adults and children as young as five-years old reveal a strong preference for individuals for whom intelligence, good looks or physical talents come naturally over those who succeed because of hard work, medication, or who were offered bribes.

Kevin Dao, an undergraduate research assistant on the campus's Teen Sleep Study, takes a break during Friday's overnighter.

Concerned that social and behavioral sciences research will be targeted for cuts in federal funding, the Association of American Universities (AAU), comprising 62 research universities in the United States and Canada, including Cornell, released a statement Sept. 17 to member institutions on the importance of the federal investment in such research.