Some bloggers worry about effect on life offline Amy Sherman recently woke up at 4 a.m. in a panic. Why wasn't her food blog getting as much traffic as others? "I daydream about the blog throughout ...

A Study Ties Loss of a Child to Mental Ills (NY Times, free reg. req'd) The death of a child not only alters a family forever but also sharply increases the risk that parents ...

Hitler Psychoanalysis Now Available Online A rare 1943 document -- a psychological analysis of the personality of Adolph Hitler that predicted, among other things, his eventual suicide -- is now available on the Cornell Law ...

Challenging the Venus and Mars theory "Do males and females react differently to emotional advertising?" begin the authors of an article in the March 2005 issue of the Journal of Consumer Research. While it is ...

Study: Depression can be treated in seniors Successful treatment of depression in frail older people may help slow their physical decline, which could help keep them living independently as long as possible, a new study ...

Depression May Up Risk of Dementia in Men Men with a history of depression long before the onset of any memory or other cognitive problems have a substantially higher risk of developing dementia, especially Alzheimer's ...

Group Calls for Ban of Abbott's ADD Drug A 30-year-old Abbott Laboratories Inc. drug for attention deficit disorder poses an unacceptable risk of deadly liver damage and should be banned immediately, a U.S. consumer group ...

The best way to get teens to learn Getting kids interested in what they're learning is an age-old problem that continues to plague teachers and parents. Now, researchers from the University of Leuven in Belgium ...

Quality of mom's time, not quantity, most important in early infant development Working mothers in the United States can relax. Their kids might still get into Harvard. A study from researchers at the University of ...

Quality Time Most Important for Babies Working mothers with infants at home, take a breath or a sigh of relief. According to a new study, it's quality of time spent with baby -- not quantity ...

Death of a Child Linked to Emotional Breakdown The devastating grief parents suffer when they lose a child increases their chances of being hospitalized for a psychiatric disorder, Danish researchers report. Bereaved mothers are particularly vulnerable, ...

Retirement communities need to do more to help residents cope with loneliness and depression Researcher looks at personal and situational characteristics associated with loneliness and depression. As the nation's population ages, greater numbers of people are ...