World of Psychology

Archive for January, 2007

Genetic Clues to Diagnosing Schizophrenia

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

The Boston Globe has a fascinating report based upon the work of researchers at Harvard’s Mclean Hospital today. Researchers at Mclean recently won a $3 …

On Revolution’s Heels, Revamped WebMD Previews

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

With the launch of Revolution Health today, WebMD also decided to launch their latest version for preview. Whereas we find Revolution’s navigation and …

Revolution Health Launches Tomorrow

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

With no surprise (given its widely-available but lackluster preview release available for weeks now), Revolution Health officially launches with a media tour and PR galore. …

Off-Label Antipsychotic Use

Sunday, January 21st, 2007

Off-label prescriptions occur when a physician assigns a drug to treat a condition that it is not approved for. In most instances there may be …

Another School Killing — This Time in Massachusetts

Saturday, January 20th, 2007

According to the Boston Globe, “a 16-year-old sophomore accused of fatally stabbing a freshman yesterday at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School frequently boasted about his …

Psychology & Kidnapping

Friday, January 19th, 2007

The story of two boys that were kidnapped and rescued in Missouri has maintained a national level of interest. It has media outlets all over …

Videos on Bipolar Disorder

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

NAMI announced the release of a set of short videos online (most under two minutes) from their 2006 conference, on subjects related to …

Are They Crazy or Is the Government Out to Get Them?

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

The Washington Post Magazine recently published an interesting article about people who believe — are convinced, actually — that the government is out to …

Can Video Games that Imitate Life be Beneficial to Your Mental Well-being?

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

For the most part, I avoid video games. However, every now and then I get the itch to download and try one of the …

Good Website Design Means Remembering Humans Use URLs

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Cisco Systems just had an advertisement on NBC to visit a specific URL on NBC.com:

http://nbc.com/heroes/cisco/

Unfortunately, humans are, well, human. They don’t always remember URLs exactly …

Online, Helping Strangers Is Huge

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

In a short, shallow article just describing the phenomenon of answer-type websites, the author describes how popular Yahoo! Answers may have gotten that way — …

Positive Psychology at McLean Hospital

Monday, January 15th, 2007

In case you haven’t heard yet, Positive Psychology is all the rage these days. The main idea is to shift the focus of psychology away …

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