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Fast Food Makers "Limit" Ads for Children, Expand Internet Presence |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Diet , Aging and Eating Disorders
It would appear on first glance that fast-food producers have gotten the message. Following the legal, if not moral, capitualtion of the Kellogg corporation, a conglomerate of 11 major offenders in... more
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Researchers Explore Link Between Nicotine Dependence and Depression |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
It has long been agreed upon that there is a link between nicotine dependence (ND) and depression, but the causality is still debated. Earlier studies suggested that depressed smokers were self-medi... more
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Fast Food Makers "Limit" Ads for Children, Expand Internet Presence |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Eating Healthy/ Eating Disorders
It would appear on first glance that fast-food producers have gotten the message. Following the legal, if not moral, capitualtion of the Kellogg corporation, a conglomerate of 11 major offender... more
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Tourette's May Confer Faster Cognition |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Some researches, including Nobel Prize winner John Nash, suspect that spectrum disorders with strong genetic components can confer an evolutionary advantage. We previously discussed studies showing ... more
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Lawmakers Work to Fix NCLB |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Assessment & Evaluation
Amidst a virtual cacophony of teachers, representatives, governors, and interested citizens voicing opinions on the President's discussed and contested education plan, American... more
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Americans Don't Always Understand Others |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
As many who have travelled abroad probably know, there is a stereotype that paints Americans as pushier, more aggressive and less interested in understanding the viewpoints of others. A new study rele... more
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New Mental Health Support Important, But Is It Enough for the Troops? |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Stress
There's more news today regarding the upgraded mental health services that the men and women of our military will be receiving. Yesterday was a busy day for Veterans Affairs, who announced both an inc... more
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Secretary's Resignation Follows Announcement of New Funds for Vets' Mental Health |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By Blog Master |
Category: Leadership
Earlier today the beleaguered and oft-pilloried Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, Jim Nicholson, announced his resignation, effective October 1st, citing a desire to return to the private sector. Nichol... more
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Mental Health Court Shown to be Economical |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
According to the report, Mental Health Care for Ohio State Prisoners: The View from the Director’s Office (2000), prisons and jails house more people with mental illnesses than do the country’s me... more
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Data Shows Generations Set to Meet on MySpace |
| Wednesday, July 18, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
A new report has found that nearly half the users of networking websites such as Myspace.com and Facebook.com are between the ages of 35 and 54. This, according to research obtained by comScore, the l... more
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Reading for Pleasure on the Decline |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
The unearthly success of the Harry Potter series (and its endless line of movies and merchandise) may lead one to believe that upcoming generations, and many of their older counterparts, have again... more
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Secretary's Resignation Follows Announcement of New Funds for Vets' Mental Health |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Earlier today the beleaguered and oft-pilloried Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, Jim Nicholson, announced his resignation, effective October 1st, citing a desire to return to the private sector. Nichol... more
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1 in 12 Employess Report Illicit Drug Use |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
According to a study released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration, 1 in 12 workers in the US admitted to have used illicit drugs within the past month. Groups reporting t... more
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Genetic Findings Point Toward New PTSD Treatments |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
MIT researchers appear to have uncovered one of the brain's central fear mechanisms and an enzyme best used to temper it. Their experiments hint at the still-distant possibility of developing medica... more
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Review: Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light |
| Tuesday, July 17, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
We recently had the chance to speak with Vanessa Vega, whose memoir of recovery appeared this past May. Today, we present our review of Ms. Vega's book, Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light. For more i... more
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Extra-Curricular Reading Continues to Decline |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Speech & Language
The unearthly success of the Harry Potter series (and its endless line of movies and merchandise) may lead one to believe that upcoming generations, and many of their older count... more
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Depression Still a Challenge in the Workplace |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
The blues—at some point or other everyone deals with them, be it following a stressful day at work or after a conflict with a loved one. But what happens when negative feelings become so extreme, they... more
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Interview: Author and Educator Vanessa Vega |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
Last Friday we had the distinct pleasure of speaking with educator Vanessa Vega, whose book, Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light, was released this past May. In Comes the Darkness, Vega shares an inti... more
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Epilepsy Exacerbates Suicide Risk |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Depression
Epilepsy, a chronic condition marked by the repeated occurrence of seizures both conditional and unprovoked that affects an estimated 1 percent of the population, can range in nature from an i... more
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Patients More Likely to Follow Psychiatrist's Orders on Antidepressants |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Primary Care Physicians
The first stages of antidepressant treatment can be very difficult; patients are often ambivalent about using medication and may not see results for weeks. Dr. Kara Bambauer studied 11,878 patients in... more
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AADT's Session Wrap-Up |
| Monday, July 16, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Last week saw a handful of topics generate reams of column inches at news sources around the country. Obesity related issues, teen behavior concerns, smoking cessation and military mental health all p... more
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Report Highlights Positive Trends in Youth Behavior |
| Friday, July 13, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
According to a report released by The Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, teens are having less sex and using more condoms. According to data complied in 2005, 47 percent (6.7 mi... more
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Debate Contines Over Uncontrollable Anger as a Disease |
| Friday, July 13, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
A chronic tendency toward simmering feelings of anger wont to explode in 10-20 minute bursts of untethered rage is not simply a personality defect, it is a certifiable disorder, and new st... more
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Educators Push for Greater Multi-Media Literacy |
| Thursday, July 12, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Classroom Issues
To very simply state the obvious, we live in a society increasingly saturated by various embodiments of media. And far from the relatively passive time habits of watching televisio... more
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Social Anxiety Damages Mental, Physical Health |
| Thursday, July 12, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Beyond breeding isolationist behavior and complicating comorbid cases of depression and related mental illness, chronic social anxiety disorder can contribute to such physical infirmities as h... more
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