Psychology News

Supportive-expressive Group Therapy Is Helpful In Breast Cancer

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 09:31:33 GMT

A pilot investigation performed by a group of Italian investigators and published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics indicates that supportive-expressive group therapy is helpful in patients with breast cancer.

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Are Panic Attacks Triggered By Carbon Dioxide Reactivity And Influenced By Environmental Circumstances?

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:21:43 GMT

A study performed by a group of Italian investigators and published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics has explored the relationship between adverse events, early antecedents and carbon dioxide reactivity (CO2 reactivity) in panic disorder.

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Rise Of Sexual Predators In Oil And Gas Boomtowns Highlights Social Problems Of Large Scale Energy Projects

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:20:44 GMT

Research into the social and environmental effects on communities that are economically dependent on oil and gas industries has revealed "social dysfunction and biological impoverishment.

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Focus On Fun Gets Teens Active - British Psychological Society

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:10:38 GMT

Emphasising the emotional benefits of exercise is more effective at increasing levels of physical activity than highlighting traditional health benefits.

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Gender Difference In Choice Of True Crime Reading About War And Violence

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:02:08 GMT

When it comes to violent nonfiction, men are from Mars, the planet of war, but women are from Earth, the planet of serial killings and random murders.

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Possible Link Between Cognitive, Motor Delays And 'Flat Head Syndrome' In Young Babies

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 03:34:04 GMT

In a new study, infants averaging six months of age who exhibited positional plagiocephaly (flat head syndrome) had lower scores than typical infants in observational tests used to evaluate cognitive and motor development.

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Volunteering - Good For You, And Good For The Day Job - British Psychological Society

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:18:05 GMT

A study has revealed that volunteer work has numerous positive psychological benefits and discovered that it may even improve the experience of work the following day.

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The Focus Of Childhood Obesity Study Is The Use Of Food To Sooth Infants

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 08:10:03 GMT

Both genetics and parents who comfort their infants with food are the focus of a study funded for $1 million by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestion and Kidney Disease investigating risk factors for childhood obesity.

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A Healthy Relationship Depends On Your Patterns Of Love

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:32:07 GMT

Do you make the same mistakes in love over and over again? For example, do you always seem to pick the wrong partner or always experience the same negative romantic outcome?

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Feeling Blue? You'll Shun The New

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 10:02:05 GMT

A sick or sad child might cling to mom's leg. But that same child - fed, rested and generally content - will happily toddle off to explore every nook and cranny of the known world.

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