Psychiatry

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Conventional wisdom suggests violent media is harming kids. But sometimes a game is just a game

Let your kids get bored, don’t solve all their problems, and be sure to tend to your own basic needs first

When you are nervous, empathy can fail you

Experimental vaccine manipulates the immune system to alleviate the development of anxiety and fear in rodents

A new documentary film presents the science behind when and why people lie. Daisy Yuhas reports

Autism and schizophrenia are related to different forms of creativity

People tend to remember a color they saw, for example green-blue teal, as being closer to a more stereotypical variant, such as straight blue or green. Karen Hopkin reports

A review of studies on the treatment of chronic insomnia finds that cognitive behavioral therapy is an effective alternative to drug interventions

The first longitudinal study in children supports the theory that parents with unrealistically positive views of their kids foster narcissistic qualities

Random checks of pilots' psychological fitness could help reduce risks, Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr said in his first newspaper interview since the crash of a Germanwings plane in March