May 16th, 2008

A new study provides some of the first evidence-based data on a successful intervention for early childhood OCD. The intervention, family-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), provides both child and parents with a set of tools to help them ...
May 16th, 2008

A new research study suggests that being put in a low-power role may impair a person's basic cognitive functioning and thus, their ability to get ahead.
Researchers from the University of Amsterdam and the Kellogg School of Management ...
May 16th, 2008

A new community-wide study suggests an unsettled home in which children are separated from one or both parents before beginning kindergarten can increase the risk for learning difficulties.
Researchers discovered divorce, illness, violence and other problems that can ...
May 15th, 2008

An expert from the University of Essex probes the popular opinion that playing video games could foster violent behavior.
Writing in the International Journal of Liability and Scientific Enquiry, Patrick Kierkegaard suggests that there is scant scientific evidence ...
May 15th, 2008
In the largest study of women convicted of sexual offences in Sweden, authorities discover that the women were just as likely to have mental problems or drug addictions as other violent female criminals.
Between 1988 and 2000, 93 women and 8,500 men were ...
May 15th, 2008

While authorities have noted that 30 to 50 percent of people with Tourette Syndrome are also affected with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), new research suggests the illnesses may be distinct entities and should be treated accordingly. ...
May 15th, 2008

A revealing new study finds that infants and toddlers whose mothers are severely depressed are almost three times more likely to suffer accidental injuries than other children in the same age group.
The study, published in the ...
May 15th, 2008

A new study suggests cultural factors may control whether teenage girls perceive sexism as an environmental problem or as evidence of their own shortcomings.
That is, although teenage girls of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds still ...
May 14th, 2008

A new study found the use of a particular medication helped individuals suffering from insomnia and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The clinical trial assessed the use of an insomnia treatment in conjunction with a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor, ...
May 14th, 2008

A seven-year study tracking mental health symptoms study of almost 600 new college graduates (ages 20-29 years old) found that the graduates who returned to live at home increase their risk of depression.
The University of Alberta Study ...