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Archive for August, 2008

Resiliency Among Black Youth

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

African-American youth have proven they can bounce back after facing hardship and adversity, yet the majority of studies on this population still focus on the negative outcomes of risk factors, according ...

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Testing for Dementia

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

A new report suggests that measuring how much an individual's performance varies across several neuropsychological tests enhances the accuracy of predicting whether older adults will develop dementia. The study is published ...

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How the Brain Adjusts to Redirected Plans

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

New imaging techniques have allowed researchers to study how our brain can switch from one plan to another on literally a moment’s notice. And the new knowledge may lead to ...

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Suicidal Thoughts Among College Students

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

A new web-based survey assessing suicidal tendencies among college students suggests the thought pattern is more common than expected. More than half of 26,000 students across 70 colleges and universities who ...

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Improve Treatment for Gender-Variant Individuals

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

The American Psychological Association has urged psychologists to take a leading role in ending discrimination based on gender identity, calling upon the profession to provide "appropriate, nondiscriminatory treatment to all ...

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Video Games Spur Life-Long Skills

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Rather than being a bane to educators and parents, certain types of video games can have beneficial effects, improving gamers' dexterity as well as their ability to problem-solve – attributes that ...

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Potential Help for Parkinson’s

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Researchers have identified a protein from a most unlikely source -- baker's yeast -- that might protect against Parkinson’s disease. More than a million Americans suffer from Parkinson's disease, and no ...

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Mental Health Needs of Biracial Asian Americans

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

A new study discovers the incidence of a psychological disorder among biracial Asian Americans are double the diagnosis rate of monoracial Asian Americans. Researchers examined individuals of Chinese-Caucasian, Filipino-Caucasian, Japanese-Caucasian and ...

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Borderline Personality Disorder Challenges Relationships

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

A new study finds different patterns of brain activity in people with borderline personality disorder were associated with disruptions in the ability to recognize social norms or modify behaviors --- factors ...

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Hope Therapy for Depression

Tuesday, August 19th, 2008

Emerging research suggests cognitive behavioral therapy that teaches an individual to have hope can overcome depression. “We’re finding that hope is consistently associated with fewer symptoms of depression. And the ...

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