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The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to John O´Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain. The discoveries have solved a problem that has occup…

In 1897, Emile Durkheim, the father of sociology, speculated that religion could protect against suicidal impulses.

Adolescents with strong working memory are better equipped to escape early drug experimentation without progressing into substance abuse issues, says a University of Oregon researcher.

Women who have a history of violent sexual abuse may suffer emotional distress during a routine pelvic examination.

A study of 99 teens hospitalized out of concern about suicide risk found that a high perception of family invalidation – or lack of acceptance – predicted future suicide events among boys, and peer…

Relational aggression, or “mean girl” bullying, is a popular subject in news and entertainment media.

Cyberbullying and hurtful ‘fat jokes’ are disturbingly prevalent in the social media environment, especially on Twitter, says Wen-ying Sylvia Chou of the National Institutes of Health in the US.

If a person is dually diagnosed with a severe mental illness and a substance abuse problem, are improvements in their mental health or in their substance abuse most likely to reduce the risk of…

While both are treatable health conditions, stigma of drug addiction much more pronounced, seen as ‘moral failing.