World of Psychology

Archive for April, 2004

Elephant’s moods monitored

Friday, April 30th, 2004
Proving that America's legal system considers the mental health and welfare of all...A judge gave a Tennessee zoo six months to convince him that an African elephant named Ruby is adapting well to her ...

Mental health help may soon be a TV away

Friday, April 30th, 2004
In July, the Human Development Center will begin connecting Bauer once a month to patients at the Cook County North Shore Hospital using secure, high-capacity telephone lines, computers, televisions and microphones. It is the Duluth nonprofit's ...

Depressing research (for children)

Friday, April 30th, 2004
It is hard to imagine the anguish experienced by the parents, relatives, and friends of a child who has taken his or her own life. That such an event could be precipitated by a supposedly ...

How to Quit the Holistic Way

Friday, April 30th, 2004
This long but interesting article describes several holistic therapies including yoga, massage, accupuncture, nutrition, and others, and how they may help treat drug or alcohol addictions, eating disorders, stress or even smoking. When addressing ...

Mothers born in summer have fewer children

Thursday, April 29th, 2004
Girls born in the summer have fewer children as adults than women born at other times of the year, according to researchers. A study of more than 3,000 Austrian women suggests a woman's birthday ...

Distracted Young Women May Need More Iron

Thursday, April 29th, 2004
Young women who have trouble concentrating might just need more iron in their diets, researchers say. Women in the Penn State study who were iron-deficient performed significantly worse on memory and attention tests than ...

Answer, but No Cure, for a Social Disorder That Isolates Many

Thursday, April 29th, 2004
Last July, Steven Miller, a university librarian, came across an article about a set of neurological conditions he had never heard of called autistic spectrum disorders. By the time he finished reading, his face was ...

Passengers Feel the Driver’s Anxiety, Too

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004
For the average backseat driver, about the only thing worse than taking the wrong exit on a busy highway is watching someone else take the wrong exit — from the passenger seat. So it may ...

If Not Pills, What?

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004
Recent news reports questioning the safety and effectiveness of several antidepressant medications widely prescribed for children -- Paxil, Zoloft, Effexor and Celexa -- raise a key question: What other treatments have been proven safe and ...

Expressing Emotions by Writing Helps HIV Patients

Wednesday, April 28th, 2004
Writing about emotional topics appears to reduce stress in HIV-infected patients and may improve immune responses, according to researchers in New Zealand and the US.

J&J Warned on Claims About Antipsychotic Drug

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004
U.S. regulators have warned Johnson & Johnson unit Janssen Pharmaceutica that a letter sent to doctors about its Risperdal drug to treat schizophrenia and bipolar mania is misleading. In a warning disclosed on ...

Prozac Affects Babies, Sexual Function, Report Says

Tuesday, April 27th, 2004
One of the most popular antidepressants, best known by the brand name Prozac, can affect the development of babies when pregnant women take the drug, according to a government report released on Tuesday. ...

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