Mind
Are Antidepressants Just Placebos with Side Effects?
I have first-hand experience of the devastation of depression, in myself and those close to me. Although I have been tempted to try antidepressants, I've never done so.
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Mind
Deranged and Dangerous: When Do the Emotionally Disturbed Resort to Violence?
Severe mental illness alone is not generally enough to cause violent behavior
Health
Satisfaction with Job, Family and Sex Guard against Signs of Heart Disease
Depression and chronic stress can be serious strains on heart health. But can positive emotional states do more for the heart than keep people at an average risk for signs of coronary heart disease?...
Mind
Hot Baths May Cure Loneliness
Recent research finds that taking a hot bath can cure loneliness. Christie Nicholson reports
Tech
Are Violent Video Games Corrupting Children? Supreme Court Says States Cannot Decide
The U.S. Supreme Court's 7-2 ruling Monday (pdf) that California cannot regulate the sale or rental of violent video games to minors is the latest chapter in the long-simmering debate over the impact of aggression in the virtual world on children's behavior in the real world...
Legacy of Mental Health Problems from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Will Be Long-Lived
Service members returning from combat present a long-term treatment challenge
Mind
Paying in Cash Keeps Us Healthy
Recent research finds that our vices can be held back when we use cash instead of credit cards at the grocery store. Christie Nicholson reports
Maternal Mentality
Pregnancy and childbirth shape a woman's mental makeover
Health
City Living Changes Brain's Stress Response
Cities can be stressful places, and are a far cry from the sparsely populated landscapes in which our prehistoric ancestors evolved. All of that noise, traffic, pollution and crowding has a well-documented impact on our mental health...
Health
The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Natural Selection and Evolution, with a Key to Many Complicating Factors
June is Pride Month in the United States, and in communities across the country, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered Americans are celebrating with carnivals, parades, and marches...
Mind
Female Ejaculation: The Long Road to Non-Discovery
I confess: this subject—the science of female ejaculation—is not an easy topic for me to write about. I could, in principle, feign complete gynaecological objectivity, affixing to my literary visage the stone-faced look of a caring urologist palpating your pudendum...
Psychopharmacology in Crisis as Research Funds for New Psychiatric Drugs Diminish
Researchers warn of 'withdrawal of hope' as funding shrivels.
Mind
Inattentional Blindness Can Make You Not Perceive Events
Research finds that a cop who testified that he ran past a beating without seeing it could be telling the truth. Christie Nicholson reports
The Downside of Hope
Wishful thinking worsens our decisions about the future
Mind
Autism's Tangled Genetics Full of Rare and Varied Mutations
Several new studies highlight the complexity of autism's genetic roots, revealing why it strikes boys more than girls and offering clues for possible new treatments
Mind
Can Positive Thinking Be Negative?
Research suggests limits to looking on the sunny side of life
Mind
Shades of Grief: When Does Mourning Become a Mental Illness?
The new edition of a psychiatric manual called DSM-5 tackles what to do when mourning becomes complicated or leads to depression
Health
Pain Lessens Guilt
Physical discomfort can alleviate mental suffering
Mind
Math Learning Disability as Common as Dyslexia
Research has found that dyscalculia, a learning disability focused around number and math concepts, is as common as dyslexia. Christie Nicholson reports
Health
Anorectic Brain Responds to Food Anxiously
Brain imaging shows that food activates an anorectic's brain center associated with anxiety, not with pleasure as in nonanorectics. Karen Hopkin reports.
