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Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows that it’s no fun to feel hungry. In fact, the drive to tame gnawing hunger pangs can sabotage even the best-intentioned dieter.

A report in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by a group of German investigators outlines the importance of telemedicine in mental health.

An effective solution to get rid of earworms, those annoying tunes that keep on re-playing in never ending loops in our heads, has been found by a team of scientists at the University of Reading…

Study finds half of suicides among those who deliberately poisoned themselves occurred more than three years after initial episodeTeenagers who are hospitalized after intentionally poisoning…

Study finds that inclusive classrooms don’t necessarily increase friendships for children with disabilitiesDropping off a child at kindergarten for the first time can be one of the most memorable…

Feelings of being unsafe at school are linked to levels of overweight and obesity in a new study, with victimization exacerbating the problem.

Orphaned children in low- and middle-income countries face a high risk of trauma, with physical and sexual abuse being by far the most prevalent traumatic events.

Cocaine use causes ‘profound changes’ in the brain that lead to an increased risk of relapse due to stress, according to new research that identifies a molecular mechanism in the reward centre of the brain that influences how recovering cocaine addicts…

Most of the time, we learn only gradually, incrementally building connections between actions or events and outcomes. But there are exceptions–every once in a while, something happens and we immediately learn to associate that stimulus with a result. …