A memory-boosting medication paired with behavioral therapy might help addicts stay clean, according to new animal research. The study suggests D-cycloserine, previously used in the lab to treat fear and anxiety disorders, could help an addict resist drugs even when confronted with drug-related cues outside of rehab.
Brief interventions among adolescents reporting to emergency departments may be associated with a reduction in the experience of peer violence and alcohol misuse in this population, according to a study in the August 4 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights…
Among Chinese women who are survivors of intimate partner violence, an advocacy intervention that included empowerment sessions and telephone support from social workers did not result in a clinically meaningful improvement in depressive symptoms, according to a study in the August 4 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on violence and human rights…
Using a combination of scientific methodology and old-fashioned legwork, human rights researchers based at the University of California, Berkeley, have systematically canvassed nearly 2,000 households in the Central African Republic, carefully documenting the devastating human impact of violence in the country, as well as detailing the opinions of how the country should move forward…
A new review of animal emotion suggests that, as in humans, emotions may tell animals about how dangerous or opportunity-laden their world is, and guide the choices that they make.
Researchers demonstrated the feasibility of using prerecorded videos of patients, along with other patient information, to provide psychiatric consultations to referring primary care clinicians. This process, known as asynchronous telepsychiatry, was developed to increase access to services for people in underserved rural communities. Researchers, led by Peter M. Yellowlees, M.B.B.S., M.D…
Something about having a sister – even a little sister – makes 10- to 14-year-olds a bit less likely to feel down in the dumps. That’s one of several intriguing findings from a new study on the impact siblings have on one another…
What would happen if you developed a strong opinion on an issue, and later found that the majority of people disagreed with you? You might think that such a revelation would encourage you to rethink your beliefs. But a new study suggests people often react just the opposite: people grow more confident in some beliefs when they find out later that a majority of people disagree with them…
Albert Ellis – one of the most influential psychologists of the 20th and 21st centuries and a pioneer in the self-help movement – created Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), one of the most successful forms of psychotherapy…
How positively you see others is linked to how happy, kind-hearted and emotionally stable you are, according to new research by a Wake Forest University psychology professor. “Your perceptions of others reveal so much about your own personality,” says Dustin Wood, assistant professor of psychology at Wake Forest and lead author of the study, about his findings…
