A new study finds that physicians rarely responded empathically to the concerns of the patients about mortality, symptoms or treatment options, when consulting with patients who have lung cancer. The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine and ...

A new study discovers psychotherapy administered over phone lines improves adherence to therapy for depression. The finding is significant as patients often quit going to therapy after a few sessions. In other words, therapy can't work if patients ...

A new study suggests that online social networking sites might be useful tools for detecting whether someone is a narcissist. “We found that people who are narcissistic use Facebook in a self-promoting way that can be identified by others,” ...

A new study finds that even babies get stressed -- and, an infant’s response to stress is linked to a particular form of a certain gene. Furthermore, researchers say they have also found that good parenting – as early ...

If you're facing a life-threatening cancer, you'd think your doctor might respond with a healthy dose of empathy for your diagnosis. However, new research published today suggests that most physicians rarely respond to their patients with ...

Individuals who experience a range of ear, nose, and throat-related health problems also exhibit a greater prevalence of depression, finds a new research study. In any given one-year period, approximately 9.5 percent of the population, or about 18.8 ...

New research suggests that when it comes to sex roles in society, what you think may affect what you earn. In fact, it appears that a worker's psychological belief on work and domestic roles may be more important ...

A new Italian research study finds that people with the immune condition called sarcoidosis often suffer from mental health problems, especially depression. In the new study, researchers led by Arianna Goracci, M.D., examined 80 consecutive sarcoidosis patients who ...

A new study suggests what you smell as you sleep has the power to influence your dreams. German researchers used specific volatile odorants with a negative or a positive smell ("rotten eggs" versus "roses") to simulate subjects during sleep. ...

A new CDC report finds that in any 2-week period, 5.4 percent of Americans 12 years of age and older experienced depression. Rates were higher in 40-59 year olds, women, and non-Hispanic black persons than in other demographic ...