Advocacy and Policy Articles

Facebook May be Harmful to Self-Esteem

Friday, February 3rd, 2012
As social networking explodes across the world, a new study suggests using Facebook may not be a ...

Mentors Help Women Recover from Abuse

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
Mentoring has been found to improve the health and well-being of young women who were victimized in their ...

Online Social Networking May Cause Job Loss

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
According to a new report, innocuous personal information on social networking sites can be ...

UK Study Finds Many Disabled Adults Are ‘Invisible’ Autistics

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
UK researchers have discovered that many adults with a severe learning disability fit the definition of autism. Investigators discovered that ...

Virus Ruled Out as Cause of Mental Illness

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
A viral disease long suspected of possibly causing mental illness has apparently been acquitted, as a blinded case-control study found ...

Cocaine Addiction May Be Different For Men and Women

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
A provocative new ...

Early Nurturing Aids in Brain Development

Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
A mother’s affection during the early stages of a child’s life appears to help the development ...

Hard Drugs Even More Risky for Middle-Aged

Monday, January 30th, 2012
A popular country and western song laments middle age, although the narrator is "glad he quit ...

Perception of Illness Influences Outcome

Monday, January 30th, 2012
It is not just in marketing and politics that perception is deemed more important than reality. Our perception of ...

Emotional Forecasting May Not Be Far Off the Mark

Monday, January 30th, 2012
Although the literature suggests people have a hard time predicting emotions, a new study finds that maybe ...
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