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• Numerous therapies assessed for curbing binge-eating disorder

  27-06-2016 23:00
  
  Evidence suggests that talk therapy, second-generation antidepressants, and a CNS stimulant used for ADHD are all safe and effective treatments for adults with binge-eating disorder.
  
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• Anti-anxiety medication limits empathetic behavior in rats

  27-06-2016 19:29
  Rats given midazolam, an anti-anxiety medication, were less likely to free trapped companions because the drug lessened their empathy, according to a new study.
  
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• Researchers devise tool to improve imaging of neuronal activity in the brain

  27-06-2016 19:28
  In a partnership melding neuroscience and electrical engineering, researchers have developed a new technology that will allow neuroscientists to capture images of the brain almost 10 times larger than previously possible -- helping them better understand the behavior of neurons in the brain.
  
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• Disney princesses do change girls — and boys, too

  27-06-2016 19:20 via well.blogs.nytimes.com
  A new study offers some surprising insights, finding that the princesses did make a difference in the behavior of girls — and that they influenced boys as well.
  
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• Disrupted immunity in fetal brain is linked to neurodevelopmental disorders

  27-06-2016 18:53
  New research findings in mice may help explain how viral infection during pregnancy raises the risk of autism and schizophrenia in their offspring. The study may explain, among other things, how the mother's infection with the cytomegalovirus (CMV) during pregnancy, which affects her own and her fetus's immune system, increases the risk that her offspring will develop autism or schizophrenia, sometimes years later.
  
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• Cancer-Treating Drugs May Help Reduce Alcoholism-Related Anxiety

  27-06-2016 16:02
  Epigenetics is the study of changes in organisms caused by modifying gene expression – by alcohol, for example – rather than alteration of the genetic code itself. Recent evidence suggests that alcohol can inhibit activity of an enzyme called histone deacetylase (HDAC) in the amygdala, a brain region that is crucial for storing memories and regulating fear, anxiety, and other emotions. New research addresses histone modifications in the rodent amygdala during chronic alcohol exposure
  
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• Psychiatrist unveils genetic link between depression and Type 2 diabetes

  27-06-2016 16:00
  
  Psychiatric researchers have discovered a genetic link between depression and Type 2 diabetes.
  
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• How does climate affect violence? Researchers offer new theory

  27-06-2016 16:00
  
  Researchers have long struggled to explain why some violent crime rates are higher near the equator than other parts of the world.
  
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• Researchers look into the brains of music fans

  27-06-2016 15:59
  As soon as social considerations also play a part in economic decisions, our brain seems to switch to a different processing mode, indicate the results of a current study. Participants were able to purchase pieces of music but could themselves set the price to be paid. During the process, the researchers recorded the brain activity of the participants.
  
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• Text Messaging with Smartphones Triggers a New Type of Brain Rhythm

  27-06-2016 15:53
  Sending text messages on a smartphone can change the rhythm of brain waves, according to a new study. People communicate increasingly via text messaging, though little is known on the neurological effects of smartphone use.
  
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• Beyond Cameron and Corbyn: what makes a good leader? Dean Burnett

  27-06-2016 14:26
  
  Brexit has resulted in a PM set to resign and an opposition leader under threat. Within a few months, the leaders of the UK will look completely different. But, psychologically speaking, what makes a good leader? And why?Less than a week on from the EU referendum and still the disastrous consequences rain down upon us like angry red-hot turds from God’s own backside. It has, if you’ll forgive the record-breaking understatement, put the UK in a bit of a pickle. One consequence is that
  
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• Rethinking Personality Disorders

  27-06-2016 12:20 via counsellingresource.com
  
  It's hard to consider someone's style of relating a "disorder" if plenty of people behave in a similar fashion and if, on top of that, the style "works" for them in many ways. Tags: character disturbance, in practice, personality disorders, relationships
  
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• Dose of nature is just what the doctor ordered

  27-06-2016 09:00
  
  People who visit parks for 30 minutes or more each week are much less likely to have high blood pressure or poor mental health than those who don't, according to new research by Australian and UK...
  
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