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1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder
December 02, 2008 CHICAGO - Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported Monday in the most extensive study of its kind.
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Body-swap illusion tricks mind in new study
December 02, 2008 STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shaking hands with yourself is an amusing out-of-body experience. The illusion of having your stomach slashed with a kitchen knife, not so much.
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Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings
December 01, 2008 CHICAGO - Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat - the kind that can lead to diabetes and heart disease - than people who are not depressed, a disturbing new study found.
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Study: Delayed response to sounds found among autistic
December 01, 2008 CHICAGO - Unique brain wave patterns, spotted for the first time in autistic children, may help explain why they have so much trouble communicating.
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Bases brace for surge in stress-related disorders
November 30, 2008 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. - Some 15,000 soldiers are heading home to this sprawling base after spending more than a year at war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military health officials are bracing for a surge in brain injuries and psychological problems among those troops.
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Internet searching stimulates brain
November 29, 2008 Can Googling delay the onset of dementia?
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Psychologists: Fear and greed may fuel retail stampedes
November 29, 2008 While greed may seem an obvious motive for crowds that stampede retailers in search of bargains at this time of year, experts say fear also plays a significant role.
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Practice gratefulness in stormy times
November 27, 2008 Nov. 27--What can uplift the downtrodden? Offer hope in the face of despair? Give rise to happiness?
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Holiday stress is real; experts say take it easy
November 27, 2008 Nov. 27--NATCHEZ -- Carve the turkey, wrap the gifts, yell at the kids, fight with the in-laws -- the holidays are here again.
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Child abuse congress takes aim at the internet
November 27, 2008 Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - A rising incidence child pornography in the internet came under intense criticism at the third World Congress Against the Sexual Exploitation of Children (ECPAT).
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Accommodating Alzheimer's in the workplace
November 27, 2008 Originally Published:20081117.
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Families resolve conflicts on therapist's couch
November 26, 2008 Berlin (dpa) - Families grow from one generation to the next and frequently pass some problems along in the process.
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Therapists helping more money-stressed people
November 26, 2008 Nov. 26--MANATEE -- As the economy continues to weaken, local therapists say they are getting flooded with calls from people stressed out by money woes.
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Study: Interrupting sleep seriously disrupts memory-making
November 24, 2008 WASHINGTON - Just in time for the holidays, some medical advice most people will like: Take a nap.
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Study on aging still going 50 years later
November 24, 2008 Nov. 24--K. Warner Schaie agreed to present findings from his exhaustive study on aging at last year's Washington State Psychology Association conference, but only if he could bring 26 guests. They ranged from 74 to 101 years old and had stuck with him for a half-century.
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