The benefits of social support are well documented as companionship is known to improve mental and physical health.
However, the mechanism by which physical health is enhanced has remained obscure.
New research has identified specific damages to the ...
An innovative research study will evaluate if a new positive thinking program can prevent adolescents from developing depression.
The investigation will involve more than 7,000 UK children, aged 13-16, from schools in Bath, Bristol, Nottingham, Swindon and Wiltshire.
Around ...
An authoritarian style of parenting has been found to foster obsessive children.
The new study found parental control directly influences whether a child will develop a harmonious or obsessive passion for their favorite hobby.
A harmonious passion means that ...
A new study shows that the degree of internalized homonegativity (negative attitude towards homosexuality) among homosexual men is what predicts poor mental and sexual health – not the act of being homosexual.
As part of attending an HIV ...
Advances in critical care medicine means that patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit are more likely than ever to survive their stay.
Yet outliving the physical trauma or illness that required ICU treatment often leaves ...
A research team has discovered that brief but personalized behavioral counseling can reduce risky behaviors.
The intervention sought to curb the rising rates of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) along the Mexico-US border.
A binational team of researchers ...
Women who have bulimia in pregnancy have more symptoms of anxiety and depression compared to pregnant women without eating disorders.
A new study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows that they also have lower self-esteem and ...
An innovative partnership between the city of Cleveland's Division of Police and Case Western Reserve University aims to reduce on-the-job stress among police officers, who find themselves in the middle of traumatic events.
Developed by this distinctive partnership, ...
A new UK study finds that two-thirds of primary school teachers struggle to understand and manage attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) behavior because of a lack of training.
The study, presented at the annual conference of Royal College ...
Common perception holds that when it comes to aggression, boys hit and punch, while girls spread rumors, gossip, and intentionally exclude others, a type of aggression that's called indirect, relational, or social.
A new analysis of almost 150 ...
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