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• Study of Adolescents Reveals Significance of Major Depression

  08-01-2015 23:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyA recent study underscores the important public health significance of depression among U.S. adolescents. Mental disorders are the leading cause of years lived with disability worldwide with 40.5% of this burden attributable to major depression. In adolescence, rates of depression increase substantially between 13 and 18 years of age, and the estimated cumulative incidence in this population approximates the adult lifetime prevalence rate,...
  
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• Russia Bans People with "Sex Disorders" from Driving

  08-01-2015 23:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - EuropeRussia says transsexual and transgender people will be barred from driving on medical grounds, in a controversial move.
  
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• Nepal to Issue Passports with Third Gender for Sexual Minorities

  08-01-2015 23:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthNepal will issue passports to sexual minorities, adding a third gender category, an official said on Wednesday in a sign of the conservative Hindu-majority country becoming more liberal since the end of a decade-long civil war. The Himalayan nation's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are identified as either male or female in passports, despite a 2007 Supreme Court ruling ordering authorities to amend laws to include a third...
  
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• How Society Makes It Worse for People Who Self-Harm

  08-01-2015 23:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailySocial attitudes are reinforcing the negative beliefs towards people who self harm, according to research. The first ever study of the life stories of people who self-harm and who were also diagnosed with a personality disorder revealed that several spoke of being refused pain relief while being sutured by hospital staff. Others had met staff who thought they were immune to pain because they self-harmed.
  
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• Duke Application Now Asks About Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation

  08-01-2015 23:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: USA Today - U.S. NewsDuke University became the first Common Application school to explicitly ask about students' sexual orientation and gender identity.            .
  
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• China Dating App Helps Gay Men Banish the Blues, and AIDS

  08-01-2015 23:53 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - HealthHua Ruobin started using Blued two years ago to meet other gay men in China, setting up weekend dinners or dates in karaoke bars. The gay dating app has been a godsend for Hua, allowing the university student in the southern city of Guangzhou to privately contact Chinese men seeking same-sex companionship.
  
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• Neuroprosthetics for paralysis: Biocompatible, flexible implant slips into the spinal cord

  08-01-2015 20:47
  
  New therapies are on the horizon for individuals paralyzed following spinal cord injury. The e-Dura implant can be applied directly to the spinal cord without causing damage and inflammation, scientists report.
  
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• Rihanna's music eases kids' pain after surgery

  08-01-2015 19:01
  Pediatric patients who listened to 30 minutes of songs by Rihanna, Taylor Swift and other singers of their choosing -- or audio books -- had a significant reduction in pain after major surgery, according to a new study. Audio therapy avoids risky side effects of opioid drugs, which can cause breathing problems in children. Because caregivers usually limit the amount of opiods prescribed, children's pain can sometimes be not well controlled.
  
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• Practice really does make perfect

  08-01-2015 19:00
  New research into the way in which we learn new skills finds that a single skill can be learned faster if its follow-through motion is consistent, but multiple skills can be learned simultaneously if the follow-through motion is varied.
  
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• Facial motion activates a dedicated network within the brain

  08-01-2015 19:00
  
  Like humans, rhesus macaque monkeys have a network of small areas within their brains that respond to images of faces. But it hasn't been clear if these same areas in the monkey's brain are responsible for processing changing expressions and other facial movements. New research confirms that they are.
  
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• Could gut microbes help treat brain disorders? Mounting research tightens their connection with the brain

  08-01-2015 18:59
  The community of microbes that inhabits the body, known as the microbiome, has a powerful influence on the brain and may offer a pathway to new therapies for psychiatric and neurological disorders, according to researchers.
  
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• To treat depression: Drugs or therapy?

  08-01-2015 17:48 via well.blogs.nytimes.com
  Recent studies identify individual factors that might predict a better response to one type of treatment over another.
  
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• Huntington's disease: Therapeutic potential of triheptanoin confirmed

  08-01-2015 17:38
  The therapeutic potential of triheptanoin in 10 patients with Huntington's disease has been demonstrated by researchers. Huntington's disease is a genetic disease; mutation of the gene encoding the huntingtin protein results in a progressive degeneration of the neurons, especially in regions of the brain involved in the control of movement, thereby causing serious neurological, motor, cognitive and psychiatric problems. Weight loss is also observed in patients at an early stage in the disease, d
  
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• New recommendations for return to activity after concussion in military personnel

  08-01-2015 17:35
  Military service members with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, should follow a six-step process of progressive activity, leading to return to active duty, according to new clinical recommendations by an expert panel.
  
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• Smile to remember a smile

  08-01-2015 12:00
  
  Smiles are contagious, even when we're trying to remember them. A study carried out by a research team of the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA) of Trieste shows that in order to...
  
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• University or University of Life? Neither provides workers with necessary people skills

  08-01-2015 11:00
  
  Whilst university degrees and work experience offer value in terms of employees' work performance, neither prepare individuals for the softer people skills necessary in the workplace.
  
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• Does 'dyslexia' disable teachers?

  08-01-2015 11:00
  
  Different labels for difficulties with reading have been found to be associated with varying beliefs in how effective teachers believe they can be.
  
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• Flicker: Your Brain on Movies by Jeffrey Zacks – how Hollywood has changed your mind

  08-01-2015 10:59
  
  An actor throws a punch. We, watching, duck. A revelatory guide to the neuroscience of filmThese days, human beings are nowhere more at home than in front of a screen. I refer you to Gogglebox, the Channel 4 series in which families and friends are filmed as they watch TV. Warm and secure, they exhibit all the behaviours you would expect of a species in its natural habitat: feeding, laughing, crying and fighting. It may be light entertainment, but I bet a lot of psychologists and anthropologists
  
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• Symptoms of PTSD in women linked to type 2 diabetes

  08-01-2015 09:00
  Researchers have reported that women with post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms could face an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
  
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• Some children are more sensitive to their environments, for better and worse

  08-01-2015 09:00
  
  Some children are more sensitive to their environments, for better and for worse.
  
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• Good quality me-time vital for home and work wellbeing

  08-01-2015 09:00
  
  High quality me-time not only improves your psychological wellbeing it can also make you a more engaged employee.
  
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• Brain signaling enhanced by a factor of 1,000 using new drug design

  08-01-2015 09:00
  
  Chemical-biological research from the University of Copenhagen sheds light on important communication processes in the brain by means of new effective molecules that improve the starting point...
  
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• Why would people 'choose' to be gay? | Dean Burnett

  08-01-2015 08:15
  
  Those opposed to homosexuality regularly describe being gay as a choice, despite all evidence to the contrary. But what is never explained is why people would make this choice in the first placeI work in the field of psychiatry. I don’t bring this up when meeting people unless specifically asked, because very often people get a bit nervous if I do. There are doubtless many reasons for this, but one recurring paranoia among many I’ve met (all of whom were men, out of interest) is that I’m g
  
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• Why do people 'choose' to be gay? | Dean Burnett

  08-01-2015 08:15
  
  Those opposed to homosexuality regularly describe being gay as a choice, despite all evidence to the contrary. But what is never explained is why people would make this choice in the first placeI work in the field of psychiatry. I don’t bring this up when meeting people unless specifically asked, because very often people get a bit nervous if I do. There are doubtless many reasons for this, but one recurring paranoia among many I’ve met (all of whom were men, out of interest) is that I’m g
  
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