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• Adult happiness declines, while teen contentment grows

  12-11-2015 18:53 via today.com
  
  The gap in life satisfaction between those two age groups has dwindled, disappearing in the last few years, a new study has found.
  
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• Psychiatric assessments for predicting violence are ineffective

  12-11-2015 18:00
  
  Standard approaches for investigating risk of violence in psychiatric patients and prisoners are inaccurate and should be abandoned in all future studies, according to researchers from Queen Mary...
  
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• Program addresses the unique challenges affecting female same-sex couples

  12-11-2015 18:00
  
  Although the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage was a victory for the gay community, same-sex couples continue to face challenges such as discrimination, stigma and lack...
  
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• Premature death rates high among youth who get in trouble with the law

  12-11-2015 18:00
  
  Young Americans who become involved in the justice system are more likely to die early, especially if their interactions become complex, involving incarceration.
  
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• A new treatment for hair pulling compulsion

  12-11-2015 18:00
  
  A randomized controlled trial published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Swiss investigators discloses a new treatment approach to hair pulling compulsion called...
  
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• The Ripon 'ripple of anxiety' and mass hysteria | Pete Etchells

  12-11-2015 17:58
  
  When up to 40 children collapsed and suffered nausea at a Yorkshire school yesterday, media outlets were keen to diagnose ‘mass hysteria’. But what is it?One particularly strange story cropped up in the news yesterday: around 40 children were treated at a school in Ripon, Yorkshire, after collapsing during a Remembrance Day service. The trouble is, no one’s quite sure why it happened. Although a hazardous materials team were called in, no obvious toxic substances were found. Th
  
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• OCD: exposure therapy offers benefits when drugs fail to work

  12-11-2015 16:00
  
  Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder who do not respond well to medication may benefit from exposure therapy, suggests a new study.
  
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• Dartmouth scientists unravel brain circuits involved in cravings

  12-11-2015 12:00
  
  Dartmouth researchers studying rats have discovered that activation of designer neural receptors can suppress cravings in a brain region involved in triggering those cravings.
  
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• More young adults are failing to launch or 'boomerang' home: Study

  12-11-2015 10:00
  
  The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Melbourne, concluded that the changing nature of family living situations often led to avoidable conflict.
  
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• Online CBT unlikely to benefit patients with depression, study finds

  12-11-2015 09:00
  
  Researchers assessing the effect of computerized cognitive behavioral therapy against depression conclude that the therapy offers little or no benefits.
  
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• Can Psychology Help Solve Long-Running Conflict?

  12-11-2015 08:47 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: BBC News - Top HeadlinesConflicts can involve different nations and religions, different races and classes. Some of them seem intractable: the tensions and hatred seem depressingly permanent. But there are a number of social psychologists who have been studying how prejudice and distrust between groups can be overcome.
  
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• Frequent Self-Weighing by Young Women Linked to Depression

  12-11-2015 08:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: U.S. News and World ReportYoung women who weigh themselves frequently may be at risk for depression, a new study suggests. Study also finds more trips to the scale lead to greater body dissatisfaction, lower self-esteem.
  
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• Canine PTSD: How Military Use of Dogs Affects Their Mental Well-Being

  12-11-2015 08:46 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianIn 2014 about 5-10% of deployed military working dogs showed signs of canine PTSD – but the disorder can affect dogs far away from battlefields too. From 2008 to 2009, Gina served a six-month tour of duty in Iraq. She was tasked with going door to door and flushing insurgents out after US marines threw flash-bang grenades in before her. She became jittery and panicked, and was unable to perform her duties. So she was returned to the United...
  
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• Apple Accused of Racial Profiling Store Ejects Black Students

  12-11-2015 08:44 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianStaff member recorded saying security guards wanted group of six teenagers to leave Highpoint store because they were worried ‘they might steal something’ A group of black teenagers was told to leave an Apple store in Melbourne because staff were worried they “might steal something”. A video of the interaction between a Highpoint Apple store staff member and a group of students was uploaded to Facebook on Tuesday night . Continue reading...
  
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• Holocaust Denial "Not Protected Under Free Expression Laws"

  12-11-2015 08:41 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianEuropean court of human rights rejects appeal by French comic Dieudonne who wished to stage ‘the biggest antisemitic meeting’ since the war. Europe’s top human rights court has rejected an appeal by the controversial French comic Dieudonne M’Bala M’Bala, saying the right to free expression does not protect antisemitism or Holocaust denial. Dieudonne, as he is known, finished a December 2008 performance by inviting a prominent Holocaust...
  
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• Young Women on Instagram and Self-Esteem: "I Absolutely Feel Insecure"

  12-11-2015 08:38 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  
  Source: The GuardianWe asked several young women about the pressure of the social media platform and how it affects their digital and personal lives This week, Essena O'Neill, an Australian teenager with more than half a million followers on Instagram, made headlines after announcing that she was quitting the platform because it is "contrived perfection made to get attention."
  
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• Ancient Brains Turn Paleontology on Its Head

  12-11-2015 08:38 via feeds.socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceDailyWhen scientists presented evidence of an ancient, fossilized brain a few years ago, it challenged the long-held notion that brains don't fossilize. Now, seven new specimens have been unearthed, each showing traces of neural tissue from what was undoubtedly a brain.
  
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