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Group Think Not as Productive as Solo Work |
| Friday, February 23, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Have you noticed a lack of creativity in many of your group meetings? New research shows you're probably not alone. H. Shanker Krishnan, an expert in consumer behavior and marketing strategy from Indi... more
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High School Scores Go Up While Skill Levels Go Down |
| Friday, February 23, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Assessment & Evaluation
This week, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released a discouraging report that will certainly lead to further questions about what goes on in America's high school classrooms. W... more
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Big Tobacco Targeting the Homeless, Mentally Ill |
| Thursday, February 22, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
In one of the more insidious examples of their never-ending search for new customers/addicts, tobacco firms have taken to sponsoring events in communities and institutions frequented by the ho... more
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Prison Program Requires Education for Inmates |
| Thursday, February 22, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Special Needs
In a unique system designed to turn incarcerated minors into high school graduates, Vermont has taken an extra step to stop the cycle of young inmates who return to lives of crime after release.... more
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Smokers Suffer More After Disasters? |
| Thursday, February 22, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
Reuters has reported on a new study that seems to indicate that tobacco use in the wake of a major disaster may be a risk factor for developing mental health problems after the event. By interviewing ... more
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Marijuana Abuse Contributes to Schizophrenia, Psychosis |
| Wednesday, February 21, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Schizophrenia
Some believe marijuana to be relatively harmless, especially when compared to other illicit substances. But, according to a new study published in the journal of Current Psychiatry, mental healt... more
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APA Task Force Condemns Sexualization of Girls |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
In a press release made public yesterday on their website, the American Psychological Association announced the publication of the report from the organization's Task Force on the Sexualization of Gir... more
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Largest Autism Study Further Highlights Genetic Link |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
In the largest single recorded study dealing with autism spectrum disorders, researchers worldwide combined information gathered from more than 1200 affected families as part of a five-year endeavor, ... more
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Largest Autism Study Further Highlights Genetic Link |
| Tuesday, February 20, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Autism, Asperger's, PDD
In the largest single recorded study dealing with autism spectrum disorders, researchers worldwide combined information gathered from more than 1200 affected families as part of a five-year endeavor, ... more
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Drug Users Underestimate the Power of Cravings |
| Monday, February 19, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Addiction
A revealing new study points to chemical activity within the brain to suggest that, in the midst of an internal conflict between logic and the emotional desire for immediate gratification, many dr... more
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Depression Need Not Stand in the Way of Greatness |
| Monday, February 19, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Depression
It is fitting that Newsweek's cover story this week focuses on men and depression. On a day set aside to honor some of our nation's greatest leaders, the magazine examines how our understanding of dep... more
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More Major Companies Developing Employee Wellness Plans |
| Friday, February 16, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
It seems as if no one can escape the ever-increasing burdens of the United States' health care system. A growing number of business leaders have taken aggressive action to counter the costs of corpo... more
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Panel Unveils Extensive NCLB Reform Plan |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Assessment & Evaluation
In what would appear to be a very rare case of tentative cooperation, members of America's two major political parties have emerged from an intensive commission study in Aspen with a lengthy list ... more
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The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 Continues to Move Forward |
| Thursday, February 15, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
With broad backing from both sides of the aisle and strong support from insurers, The Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 (S. 558) has passed through the committee stage in the Senate and will now move t... more
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Taking a Deeper Look at Love |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
While readers in the north east might not feel like it, today's a day for love, and no one likes to get into the mood more than major news outlets. A lot of times, this results in some rather silly, t... more
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Adult Relationship Problems May Stem from Childhood Insecurities |
| Wednesday, February 14, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Parenting
Psychoanalysts have long argued that one's early childhood experiences color the nature of later relationships, but the newly published results of long-term studies seem to confirm a very direct rel... more
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Psychologists Find Danger in Parents' Praise |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
While most folks wouldn't think twice about offering up praise to their child, especially for a job well done, a growing contingent of psychologists has found that the exact wording and content of tha... more
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High School Dropouts Look for a Second Chance |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Classroom Issues
Education experts and casual followers of related news encounter recurring reports about the American dropout epidemic, its detrimental effect on the larger workforce, and the importance of keep... more
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New Developments Could Lead to Breakthrough in Anti-Psychotics, Obesity Link |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Schizophrenia
As we've discussed in the past, anti-psychotics can be a very effective treatment for individuals dealing with schizophrenia and other disorders. These same drugs, which have provided so much relief, ... more
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Psychologists Find Danger in Parents' Praise |
| Monday, February 12, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Parenting
While most folks wouldn't think twice about offering up praise to their child, especially for a job well done, a growing contingent of psychologists has found that the exact wording and content of tha... more
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Parent-Teacher Conferences are an Essential School Function |
| Monday, February 12, 2007 By Blog Meister |
Category: Parenting
While every parent would like to believe that his or her school-age child is free from disciplinary and performance-related troubles, the parent teacher conference often serves as an unpleasant wa... more
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Medication, Behavioral Therapy Benefit Hypochondriacs |
| Friday, February 09, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Our Psychology
For those with an irrational fear of disease and a tendency to characterize common, relatively harmless physical symptoms as serious conditions while lacking any basis in clinical fact, the most effic... more
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Proven Alternatives to Unhealthy Stress-Busters |
| Friday, February 09, 2007 By BlogMeister |
Category: Stress
Despite countless stress-solution articles in magazines and newspapers of all types as well as television news reports and ads harping on the best ways to relax without damaging one's mind or body... more
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Celebrity Death Serves as Stark Reminder of Danger of Prescription Drugs |
| Friday, February 09, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Addiction
In headlines and nightly news leads that should have surprised few, we learned yesterday that Anna Nicole Smith, former Playboy bunny and reality television star, had died in her Florida hotel room. W... more
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New Games Turn Focus to Mental Health |
| Thursday, February 08, 2007 By TheEditorInChief |
Category: Our Psychology
Video games, once the subject of much societal concern, have been receiving something of a PR face-lift recently through cycles of positive media coverage of the potential for healthy lifestyle improv... more
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