Psychology

No Known Benefits Of Suicide Screening In Primary Care Settings

Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Statistics show that 38 percent of suicidal adults and 90 percent of youths had visited their primary care physicians in the 12 months prior to committing suicide.   An evidence review finds ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2013 - 9:08pm

Anti-Smoking Ads That Work Are Not The Most Shocking Ones

In a recent study, an area of the brain that initiates behavioral changes had greater activation in smokers who watched anti-smoking ads with strong arguments than ads with clever tricks like loud sounds and unexpected twists- and those smokers had signif ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 23 2013 - 4:54pm

Religion Has Positive Influence On Individuals With Psychiatric Illness

A paper in Journal of Affective Disorders found that belief in God was correlated to improved outcomes for those receiving short-term treatment for psychiatric illness. Dr. David H. Rosmarin, McLean Hospital clinician and instructor in the Department of P ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2013 - 10:36am

School Climate And The Psychology Of School Violence

School violence has always been an important social issue world-wide because it poses a significant threat to the health, achievement, and well-being of students. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2013 - 3:11pm

NIMH Delivers A Kill Shot To DSM-5

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is distancing itself from the the American Psychiatric Association and its upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). While they acknowledge that the goal of DSM "is to provid ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 4 2013 - 12:57pm

Post-Racial: Darker Skin On White People Leads To Positive Bias For Darker Skin

The Rubber Hand illusion never fails to teach us new things- not just about neuroscience, but also about culture. If you are not familiar with the Rubber Hand illusion, it shows that the combination of seeing a touch on a rubber hand and feeing a touch on ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2013 - 5:00am

Physical Strength And Political Conservatism Co-Evolved, Say Social Scientists

If you are physically strong, social science scholars believe they can predict whether or not you are more conservative than other men. This might seem obvious. Fitness takes a lot of individual initiative, the government can do all of the outreach progra ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2013 - 5:51pm

Climate Change- Emotions Run High Among College Undergraduates Taking Surveys

There's no awareness issue in climate change- almost no one on the planet hasn't heard of it or lacks an opinion. 62% of Americans believe global warming is happening- which means 38% do not. Like evolution or anti-science beliefs about genetic ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2013 - 5:16pm

Women Have 40% More Mental Health Issues, But The Gender Gap Will Soon Disappear

Dr. Daniel Freeman, professor of clinical psychology at Oxford, has good news if you believe women are more nuts than men: there is a 40% chance you are right. We know that discussing biological differences between men and women is taboo- men and women are ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 23 2013 - 12:55pm

Psychology Students Lie About Sex To Match Gender Expectations

Psychology students, male and female, lie about their sexual behavior to match the cultural expectations of how they perceive other students believe men or women should act – even though they wouldn't distort other gender-related behaviors, a new pap ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2013 - 12:58pm