Archive for the ‘Psychology / Psychiatry’ Category
Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Biological Psychiatry, in its upcoming April 15th issue, is publishing a critically important commentary written by its Editors, members of its Editorial Committee, and its Editorial Board. This commentary is an urgent public statement, highlighting the increasing problem of terrorist acts, by individuals affiliated with groups such as the Animal ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
An initiative to combat cancer in the enlarged European Union has been adopted in a plenary session of the European Parliament. The adoption of the Cancer Resolution has been welcomed by ECCO - the European CanCer Organisation - which says that patients, and all those who care for them, will ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
Like the civil rights movement, the self-help tradition played a major role in shaping our national psyche, becoming as American as apple pie and Oprah, says Matthew Archibald, an Emory University assistant professor of sociology. His decade of research on the self-help phenomena has resulted in his recently published book, ...
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
If you clean your house vigorously for twenty minutes non-stop once a week, your anxiety, distress or depression may improve, according to a study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.The study also stresses that any type of vigorous physical exercise, sustained for a 20-minute period can have a ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008
Off to buy a new handbag and fabulous red shoes, or how about overalls and a riding lawnmower" Before going, a mood check for signs of despair and gloom might be in order because how a person feels can impact routine economic transactions, whether he or she is aware of ...
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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008
Humour can play an essential role in the most serious healthcare settings, even when patients are receiving intensive or end of life care, according to research in the April issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing. Canadian researchers spent nearly 300 hours observing and carrying out interviews with staff, ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
In 2007 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, the same researchers have found that the anticipation of a positive humorous laughter experience also reduces potentially detrimental stress hormones. According ...
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Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
Disruption of an individual's natural sleep-wake cycle has been determined to be a contributing factor in the development of organ disease. The findings of U of T researchers were recently published in the Journal of American Physiology.The human body works according to a natural 24 hour sleep-wake cycle, also referred ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Unconfident teenagers would feel less awkward if they took more exercise.This link has been discovered in a study carried out by Gillian Burgess and colleagues from the Manchester Metropolitan University and Edinburgh University. They revealed their findings in a poster presentation at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference on Thursday ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008
Choral singing has a profound and positive effect on health and well being, according to Dr Maria Sandgren, who will present her findings on Tuesday 29th April in Folkestone. Dr Sandgren's seminar, entitled 'Singing, Stress and the Endocrine System', is free of charge to the ...
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