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• Disease linked to childhood stress

  04-10-2015 21:12
  
  Early stress causes physiological changes, including changes to the immune system, that may be difficult to reverse later.
  
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• Parents: Here's how to stop the worst of social media

  04-10-2015 21:11
  
  There are several ways that parents can help alleviate teens' stress from social media.
  
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• Kids with seasonal affective disorder, depression go largely undiagnosed

  04-10-2015 21:09
  
  Left untreated, kids with this disorder may be prone to depression throughout their lives.
  
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• What to Say When Friend Miscarries? Empathy Cards Aim to Help

  04-10-2015 17:10 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: MSNBC - US NewsPeople often don't know what to say to a friend or family member who experiences a miscarriage.
  
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• Depression, Self-Harm Soar Among UK Private School Pupils, Poll Finds

  04-10-2015 17:10 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianSurvey of headteachers finds problems including eating disorders are now at unprecedented levels, with social media and exam stress blamed Teenage pupils at British private schools are experiencing unprecedented levels of depression, eating disorders and self-harm, according to headteachers, who say longstanding stresses have been amplified by increased pressure over exams and the ever-present anxieties of social media. The warning comes from...
  
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• Canada's Conservatives Vow to Create "Barbaric Cultural Practices" Hotline

  04-10-2015 17:10 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianPledge comes on the heels of a surge in opinion polls based on a hardline stance against a woman donning her Muslim headwear during a citizenship ceremony Canada’s ruling Conservatives have pledged to set up a police hotline to report what it called “barbaric cultural practices”, as it sought to capitalize on a hardline stance which has helped it gain in the polls. Related: Veil debate becomes big issue in Canada election, putting...
  
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• Alabama Judges Use Segregation-Era Law to Avoid Gay Marriage

  04-10-2015 17:10 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: Yahoo News - Top HeadlinesAs Alabama's all-white Legislature tried to preserve racial segregation and worried about the possibility of mixed-race marriages in 1961, lawmakers rewrote state law to make it optional for counties to issue marriage licenses.
  
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• There’s a prize on offer! Do you do what chimps do?

  04-10-2015 10:30
  
  Take the Observer quiz and find out what your responses say about youYou and another contestant have jointly won £1,000 on a new TV game show, Take It or Leave It. But watch out – this show has a twist: the other person gets to choose how the money will be split (and there’s no chance of negotiation). You can accept the offer, or you can refuse and you both leave with nothing. The offer comes back: your fellow contestant plans to take £800, leaving you just £200. Wh
  
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• The art of overcoming stage fright

  04-10-2015 10:30
  
  Performance anxiety doesn’t just hold you back – it’s contagious. Sara Solovitch learns how to deal with hersA few weeks ago I was due to play the first movement of Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata at my piano teacher’s student recital. I had worked on the piece for months. Sitting in my teacher’s studio, I told myself I wasn’t nervous – I was excited. This distinction came by way of a Harvard Business School study, which found that pe
  
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