Two related studies released by this week by Geisinger Health System researchers identify specific genetic risks associated with post-traumatic stress disorder and help identify key psychosocial predictors that may lead to PTSD. Led by Joseph Boscarino, Ph.D…
Imagine sitting in a train at the railway station looking outside: Without analyzing the relative motion of object contours across many different locations at the same time, it is often difficult to decide whether it’s your train that starts moving, or the one at the opposite track. How are these diverse information conveyed simultaneously through the network of millions of activated nerve cells in the visual brain?
Researchers found that dopamine agonists used in treating Parkinson’s disease result in impulse control disorders in as many as 22 percent of patients.
Scientists have found that eye movement patterns of Chinese people, born and raised in China, are different to those of Caucasian people living in Britain.
Frank Bruno and Alastair Campbell appear alongside comedienne Rebecca Front, EastEnders actor Derek Martin and everyday people with mental health problems and their friends and family in a new short film from England’s leading mental health anti-discrimination programme Time to Change…
Free will may be an illusion. Yet we persist in believing we are the masters of our fates – and that belief affects how we act. Think you determine the course of your life and you’re likely to work harder toward your goals and feel better about yourself too. Think you don’t, and you’re likelier to behave in ways that fulfill that prophesy…
Bottling up emotions can make people more aggressive, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Minnesota that was funded, in part, by a grant from the U.S. Army…
Having sex for the first time can improve or degrade your self-image depending on whether you are male or female, according to Penn State researchers. On average, college-age males become more satisfied with their appearance after first intercourse, whereas college-age females become slightly less satisfied…
Psychologists are calling for more focus on the mental health and wellbeing of Indigenous people on International Close the Gap Day. “There has been little mention of the mental health issues of Indigenous people in the public debate about mental health over the past 12 months,” said Mr Glenn Williams, incoming Chairperson of the Australian Indigenous Psychologists Association (AIPA)…
Commenting on the alcohol duty rates announced in the 2011 Budget, Dr Peter Rice, chair of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, said: “The Royal College of Psychiatrists welcomes the confirmation in today’s Budget that alcohol duty rates will rise at 2% above inflation…
