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Mortality
People With Happy Spouses May Live Longer
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Research suggests that having a happy spouse leads to a longer marriage, and now study results show that it’s associated with a longer life, too. The …
Depression
Why Do People With Depression Like Listening To Sad Music?
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We all know the powerful effect that music can have on mood. You might be feeling rather chirpy, but then a tear-jerker comes on the car radio and …
Smoking
Sniffing Pleasant Odors Shown to Decrease Cigarette Cravings
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One of the hardest things for a smoker to do is STOP smoking. Whether they try the gum method or the patch, it's hard to fight the urge. Deliberately …
Rights & Freedoms
Looking Ahead: Tardive Dyskinesia Care
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We've noticed that you're using an ad blocker Our content is brought to you free of charge because of the support of our advertisers. To continue …
Russell Brand
#76 Truth & Illusions (with Derren Brown) from Under The Skin with Russell Brand
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Derren and I spoke about stoicism, the psychology of socio-political standpoints, faith healing, how we frame suffering, relationships and...there is …
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Brain Damage
A psychology experiment unexpectedly discovered a man who can’t cooperate because of brain damage
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When someone’s especially cooperative, don’t thank their easy-going nature, but give credit to their brain. A team of New York University …
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Film (UK)
Maborosi review – Kore-eda's revelatory story of life after death
The Guardian - Peter Bradshaw
The title loosely means “vision” or “illusion” but for its Japanese release, the full title of this film was “phantom light” – like our will-o’-the-wisp – and its relevance to the story isn’t made explicit
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Emotional Intelligence
Talking to Difficult People
psychologytoday.com - Elizabeth Dorrance Hall Ph.D.
We all encounter difficult people from time to time. Some of us live with them and a lot of us work with them. No matter the frequency with which you …
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When You've Made The Wrong Career Choice
Forbes - Erika Boissiere
It’s the low hum in your mind late at night, keeping you awake. It’s the distress beacon that permeates your thoughts. It’s the fear that drifts in and out of your thoughts every Monday morning without
Narcissism
The Four Types of Narcissist, How to Spot Each One
psychologytoday.com - Loren Soeiro, Ph.D. ABPP
Freud, S. (1991). On Narcissism. In Sandler, J., Person, E. S., & Fonagy, P. (Eds.), Freud’s “On Narcissism:” An Introduction (IPA Contemporary …
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Depression
What's Driving the Rise in Teen Depression?
U.S. News & World Report - Raychelle Cassada Lohmann
Adolescent depression is on the rise. The National Institute of Mental Health reports that about 3.2 million 12- to 17-year-olds have had at least …
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Pre-school
How Education Affects Early Childhood Development
livestrong.com - M. LaVora Perry
Early childhood education can impact a child's academic success and reduce incidences of crime and delinquency, according to professor W. Steven …
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Anxiety
Counterintuitive Ways to Combat Anxiety
psychcentral.com - Tracy Shawn, MA
Through the years I’ve learned to douse the ongoing wildfire of fear with productive tools such as exercise, meditation, replacing negative, …
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Humanity
Are Female And Male Brains Fundamentally Different? An Expert Pours Cold Water On Recent Claims That A Brain-Scan Study Foetuses
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By guest blogger Gina Rippon In case you hadn’t noticed, there is an ongoing debate about the existence of differences between women’s and men’s …
Self-Care
Best of Our Blogs: April 23, 2019
psychcentral.com - Brandi-Ann Uyemura, M.A.
It’s hard not to feel down about the state of the world today. I’m writing this on April 22, Earth Day. If you google Earth Day 2019, you’ll see …
Behavior
When is sexting associated with psychological distress among young adults?
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New Rochelle, NY, April 23, 2019--While sending or receiving nude electronic images may not always be associated with poorer mental health, being …
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Mental Disorders
Check out our latest podcast from A Bipolar & A Schizophrenic
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by A Bipolar, a Schizophrenic, and a Podcast Even if we live with mental illness, ourselves, we can be frustrated when we don’t know how to help a …
Autism
Energy Of Autism (13) Energy Psychology
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Mandi talks with psychologist Dr.Gregory Nicosia about Energy Psychology
Climate
Climate and Environmental Psychology Contributes to a Better World
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Environmental Psychology Makes a Better World Climate and environmental psychologists use psychological science to improve the interactions of people …
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Media Industry
Media beyond the numbers: The psychology of audience coverage, reach & frequency
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Automating media to help make sense of data Automation is changing many industries, making processes faster and more efficient. But is this tech …
The Telegraph
Obituaries
Dorothy Rowe, psychologist and authority on depression who wrote several bestselling books on the subject – obituary
The Telegraph - By Telegraph Obituaries
Dorothy Rowe, the psychologist, who has died aged 88, was considered one of the world’s foremost authorities on depression; though her belief that the condition was not an illness to be treated with drugs
Nicotine
Nicotine Patches as an Appetite Suppressant
livestrong.com - Beth Greenwood
Nicotine was first promoted as a weight loss aid for women in the 1920s. The manufacturer of Lucky Strike cigarettes advertised its product as a …
Exercise
APA Learning Center Stepping Forward: Using Mobile and Wearable Technology to Increase Physical Activity
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Event Details The live presentation will take place on May 9, 2019, 3:00-4:00pm ET. Advance registration is encouraged. Registrants will receive an …
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Text Messaging
Should Men Use Affectionate Emojis?
psychologytoday.com - Mark Travers Ph.D.
Men, you may want to think twice the next time you send a kissing face or heart-eyes emoji in a text message. According to new research published in …
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Exercise
How to Maintain Your Commitment to Personal Goals
psychologytoday.com - Leslie Becker-Phelps Ph.D.
Any personal change you would like to make will be a process…a journey. And, as the Chinese philosopher Laozi said, “A journey of a thousand miles …
Advocacy
What It Takes to Be a Mental Health Advocate: An Interview With Christina Huff
psychcentral.com - Therese J. Borchard
At one point Christina Huff was living her dream: thriving as a paralegal in Chicago and newly in love. Five years and one divorce later, she’s still …
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Standardized Testing
What's the Point of Standardized Testing?
psychologytoday.com - Cody Kommers
Standardized tests are often debated for how well they accomplish their goal of egalitarianism. The idea behind standardized tests is that they give …
Forgiveness
Releasing the Burden of Moral Injury
psychologytoday.com - Jamie D. Aten Ph.D.
Today we continue in the series of interviews with experts on how resilience—one of the major themes of my book, A Walking Disaster: What Surviving …
Relationships
Stop Ranking People, Relationships, and Families
psychologytoday.com - Bella DePaulo Ph.D.
Never before have people in the U.S. and other nations around the world organized their personal lives and their family lives in so many different …
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Equality
Why No One Feels Rich: The Psychology Of Inequality
NPR - Shankar Vedantam , Parth Shah , Tara Boyle , Rhaina Cohen
When Keith Payne was in the fourth grade, he realized he was poor. The epiphany came to him in the cafeteria. "We had a new cashier in the line that day," he said. "And when I got to the cashier's desk