People bereaved by the suicide of a partner and mothers losing an adult child to suicide run a significantly higher risk of suicide compared to people bereaved after sudden deaths from other causes.
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The association between socioeconomic status and involvement in childhood bullying
May 2, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Policy to reduce bullying in the schoolyard needs to span all levels of society, say researchers from the University of Warwick, who warn that socioeconomic status is not a reliable indicator of…
What you hear affects what you’re saying
May 2, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
You know what you’re going to say before you say it, right? Not necessarily, research suggests.
High-profile newspaper coverage of suicide linked to ‘copy-cat suicides’
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As part of a series of themed publications on suicide, a study in The Lancet Psychiatry examines a link between newspaper reporting and clusters of teen suicides in the US.
Atypical form of Alzheimer’s disease may be present in more widespread number of patients than thought
May 2, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
A subtype of Alzheimer’s disease has been identified by neuroscientists that they say is neither well recognized nor treated appropriately. The variant, called hippocampal sparing AD, made up 11 percent of the 1,821 AD-confirmed brains examined by rese…
Promising biomarkers to predict suicide risk
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The stress-diathesis theory of suicide suggests a predisposition or diathesis interacts with stressful life experiences and acute psychiatric illness to cause suicidal behavior. The theory explains why only a small minority of individuals are at risk o…
Spinal cord neurons that control skilled limb movement identified
May 1, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Two types of neurons that enable the spinal cord to control skilled forelimb movement have been found by researchers. The first is a group of excitatory interneurons that are needed to make accurate and precise movements; the second is a group of inhib…
Delving deep into the brain: MRI sensor allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular precision
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An MRI sensor now allows neuroscientists to map neural activity with molecular precision. This is the first time anyone has been able to map neural signals with high precision over large brain regions in living animals, offering a new window on brain f…
For some, money will not buy happiness: Neither life experiences nor material items make materialistic shoppers happier
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Many shoppers, regardless of whether they buy life experiences or material items, are no happier following the purchase than they were before, a new study finds. These shoppers — about a third of the population — appear to be an exception to previous…
Individual brain activity predicts tendency to succumb to daily temptations
May 1, 2014 by NewsBot - No Comment
Activity in areas of the brain related to reward and self-control may offer neural markers that predict whether people are likely to resist or give in to temptations, like food, in daily life, according to new research.
