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• Depression is poorly diagnosed and often goes untreated

  01-09-2016 21:55 via nytimes.com
  Even when diagnosed correctly, depression often goes untreated.
  
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• Sleeping brain's complex activity mimicked by simple model

  01-09-2016 21:19
  Researchers have built and tested a new mathematical model that successfully reproduces complex brain activity during deep sleep, according to a new study.
  
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• Wounds from childhood bullying may persist into college years, study finds

  01-09-2016 19:55
  Childhood bullying inflicts the same long-term psychological trauma on girls as severe physical or sexual abuse, suggests a new survey of college students led by bullying researcher.
  
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• Brain waves: the science of emotion – podcast

  01-09-2016 19:06
  
  What is love – and what does it have to do with meeting a bear in the woods? In the first of a five-part series, Dr Kevin Fong and Nathalie Nahai unpick the causes of emotions. But where’s the best place to start – history, culture, society or our bodies?Continue reading...
  
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• Marijuana use rising as more people think it is safe

  01-09-2016 18:00
  
  The number of Americans who perceive marijuana as a risky drug fell between 2002-2014, fueling an increase in use, find researchers.
  
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• When silencing phantom noises is a matter of science

  01-09-2016 16:27
  New study in mice proposes the first gene that could help prevent tinnitus, that ringing in the ears inside one's head when no external sound is present. This discovery is a first step to identify the molecules that could be targeted in treatments to silence the phantom noises, and help thousands of people.
  
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• New role of adenosine in the regulation of REM sleep discovered

  01-09-2016 16:27
  The regulation and function of sleep is one of the biggest black boxes of today's brain science. A new paper finds that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is suppressed by adenosine acting on a specific subtype of adenosine receptors, the A2A receptors, in the olfactory bulb.
  
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• Parents' psychiatric disease linked to kids' risk of suicide attempt, violent offending

  01-09-2016 14:00
  
  Risk for suicide attempts and violent offending by children appears to be associated with their parents' psychiatric disorders, according to an article published online by JAMA Psychiatry.
  
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• The more we know, the easier we are to deceive

  01-09-2016 09:00
  
  Knowing a lot about a subject means you are more likely to have false memories about it.
  
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• What APF donors are making possible

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Beneficiaries of some of APF's latest grants
  
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• Want to move into primary care? Here's how

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Several programs, many online, help psychologists gain the skills they need to work on integrated-care teams
  
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• Treating Yazidi rape survivors

  01-09-2016 07:00
  A psychologist has brought more than 1,000 victims of Islamic State sexual violence to Europe to get medical and psychological treatment
  
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• Top of the field

  01-09-2016 07:00
  APA honored these outstanding psychologists at its Annual Convention in Denver, Aug. 4–7
  
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• The misuse of PhD(c)

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Why a designation used by some students is seen as unethical
  
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• Tailoring treatment by scanning the brain

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Research suggests neuroimaging could help patients get effective mental health treatment, faster
  
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• Reimbursing interns, increasing care

  01-09-2016 07:00
  When Medicaid pays for psychology interns' services, more people get care
  
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• Preventing medical errors

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Psychologists are revamping health-care systems to keep patients safe from life-threatening mistakes
  
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• News from APA

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Examples of APA and its members making a positive impact
  
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• Moral minds

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Angels vs. Demons: How psychological researchers are unearthing the roots of human morality
  
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• Is that a pet or therapeutic aid?

  01-09-2016 07:00
  What should you do if your patients ask you to write letters certifying that their pets are emotional support animals?
  
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• Iowa psychologists can now prescribe

  01-09-2016 07:00
  The move could boost other state RxP efforts nationwide
  
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• Integrated care in reverse

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Jon Marrelli is getting people with serious mental illness the physical health care they need
  
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• In support of Rx training

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Walter Katkovsky has donated $250,000 to APF to help psychologists who want training in psychopharmacology
  
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• How did you get that job?: Catching sex offenders

  01-09-2016 07:00
  As chief of the Behavioral Analysis Unit of the U.S. Marshals Service in Washington, D.C., Michael Bourke, PhD, conducts research and training on predators
  
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• How algorithms rule our working lives | Cathy O’Neil

  01-09-2016 07:00
  
  Employers are turning to mathematically modelled ways of sifting through job applications. Even when wrong, their verdicts seem beyond dispute – and they tend to punish the poorA few years ago, a young man named Kyle Behm took a leave from his studies at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. He was suffering from bipolar disorder and needed time to get treatment. A year and a half later, Kyle was healthy enough to return to his studies at a different university. Around that time,
  
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• Don't cry over spilled milk—The research on why it's important to give yourself a break

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Why cry? Acknowledge your mistake and work to move on.
  
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• Comprehensive mental health reform

  01-09-2016 07:00
  The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 2646, a bill that seeks to help the 44 million Americans who confront mental health issues each year
  
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• Changing course

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Feeling unsatisfied in your professional pursuits? Psychology offers many options when it's time to take a different direction.
  
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• By the Numbers: Access to mental health care

  01-09-2016 07:00
  The Affordable Care Act has increased insurance coverage among those with mental health needs, but more coverage may not equal more access for all
  
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• 'Brain games': Helpful tool or false promise?

  01-09-2016 07:00
  addresses questions about ‘brain training’
  
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• A time for renewal and transformation

  01-09-2016 07:00
  After a period of self-reflection, APA is changing for the better
  
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• A light moment just before a dark era

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Three psychologists try for levity at a pre-war convention
  
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• 4 questions for Kelly Slack, PhD

  01-09-2016 07:00
  Helping NASA select and train astronauts
  
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• Persistent childbirth pain increases risk of postnatal depression

  01-09-2016 04:37
  New research shows that women who experience persistent childbirth pain are more likely to develop postnatal depression following the birth of their child.
  
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• Your dog really does know what you’re saying

  01-09-2016 04:32 via washingtonpost.com
  
  The brain activity of dogs was scanned to determine that they can process words’ meaning and the emotion used to speak them.
  
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