Psychology

Will That Baby Daddy Want To Live With His Kids?

A new Northwestern Medicine study has found an adolescent male's attitude toward risky sex, pregnancy and birth control can predict whether or not he will stick around after the baby is born. The longitudinal study-- one of the first reproductive hea ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 16 2016 - 10:45am

Marijuana Smokers 5X More Likely To Become Alcoholics

Adults who use marijuana are five times more likely to develop alcohol abuse or dependence compared with adults who do not use the drug. Adults who already have an alcohol use disorder and use marijuana are more likely to see the problem persist, finds a ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 17 2016 - 9:03am

Buyers Like Homeopathic Products, Even Though They Do Nothing

Survey data find that homeopathic purchases are primarily made by a small segment of the U.S. population for common, self-limited conditions such as the common cold or back pain. Though they can't do anything, a survey in the American Journal of Publ ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2016 - 7:56pm

Psychological Shark Jumping? Mindfulness Linked To Better Blood Sugar Levels

Dispositional, or “everyday” mindfulness, is being aware of one’s present thoughts and feelings and a new paper measured health indicators of 399 people, including dispositional mindfulness and blood glucose, and found those with higher scores for mindfuln ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2016 - 8:00am

Mindful Eating Lowers Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes, Say Alt Medicine Proponents

Can "mindful" eating- taking the time to bring awareness to present-moment experiences with an open attitude of curiosity and non-judgment- lower the risk of Type II diabetes and cardiovascular disease? Yes, say alternative medicine proponents,  ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2016 - 7:00am

Quebec Sexual Tastes And Interests: A Little Deviant, Like Everyone Else

Are the sexual interests and behaviors of Quebec residents abnormal?  According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), sexual interests fall into two categories: normal (normophilic) and anomalous (paraphilic) ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2016 - 7:41am

Sending Your Child To School At A Younger Age? They May Get Diagnosed ADHD

In the 1990s, diagnoses of ADD (attention-deficit disorder) and then ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) boomed, aided by public school teachers who didn't want to deal with diverse personalities in the classrooms and sketchy therapists e ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2016 - 6:33am

Touting 'Naturalness' Of Breastfeeding Backfires- Because It Leads To Anti-Vaccine Sentiment

There is a war on working mothers that shouldn't be waged. It is a war that seeks to make breastfeeding moms better parents, while subtly criticizing moms who use formula, which will invariably impact career and poor women most. And there is zero evi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2016 - 7:00am

Narcissists, Psychopaths And Manipulators Are Less Convincing Online Than In Person

Psychologists overuse terms like narcissist and sociopath as much as they do declaring everyone they dislike has Asperger's, but they get one thing right- if you have to deal with such people, you are better off online than in person.  A team pf psyc ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2016 - 7:00am

Are You Tired Of Being Lectured To By Celebrities?

Veteran foreign correspondent and broadcaster Michael Buerk is getting tired of “bleeding heart” celebrities. In an interview in the latest issue of the Radio Times, Buerk said that he was “a little sniffy about celebs pratting around among the world’s vi ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 19 2016 - 3:20pm