World of Psychology

Archive for July, 2004

98,000 Patient Deaths per Year May Have Been Low

Wednesday, July 28th, 2004

In 1999, the Institute of Medicine published a report that described how 98,000 Americans were dying every year in hospitals due to preventable medical errors. …

Negative self-image of adolescents fosters increasingly damaging behaviors

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

Negative self-image of adolescents fosters increasingly damaging behaviors
Adolescents who think little of themselves tend to shy away from interactions with peers. This uncertainty and …

Who said ancient cultures didn’t know how to have fun?

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

Ancient brewery discovered on mountaintop in Peru
Archaeologists working in southern Peru found an ancient brewery more than 1,000 years old. Remains of the brewing …

Drug Maker Acknowledges Misleading Claims

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

The maker of a popular medicine for schizophrenia has notified doctors that it minimized potentially fatal safety risks and made misleading claims about the …

Study Aims to Sort Out Alcohol Usage

Tuesday, July 27th, 2004

Alcohol is the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde of the medical world: Drinking too much causes serious problems, while drinking a little may help many …

Bloggers bring new convention perspective

Sunday, July 25th, 2004

Somewhere among the more than 15,000 newspaper, magazine, television and radio journalists roaming the Democratic National Convention this week in Boston will be more than …

‘Stressed’ worker loses damages claim

Thursday, July 22nd, 2004

The Bargaining Council for the Cleaning Contract Industry has ruled against a Durban cleaner who claimed damages from her employer after she was stripped of …

Suicide: Mental health advocates work to break stigma of suicide

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

It’s not something that’s easy to talk about.

Suicide.

It can be a source of shame for loved ones and family members, who speak of …

Loved ones should trust instincts to prevent suicides

Tuesday, July 20th, 2004

The thoughts of family members and colleagues left behind fill with “what ifs.”

Over and over in their minds, they replay the last hours, days …

Take off and turn it off

Friday, July 16th, 2004

Ask travel agent Kathy Kurtzman whether a lot of people are stressed and overdue for vacations by the time they book their holidays and …

Schools Shouldn’t Play Doctor

Wednesday, July 14th, 2004

The Department of Health and Human Services will announce this fall a plan to improve access to mental health services. The initiative follows the release …

It’s official: dope makes you potty

Tuesday, July 13th, 2004

An authoritative medical study has given further backing to claims that smoking cannabis can trigger mental illness.
Scientists found the drug caused schizophrenia-like symptoms …

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