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Positive PsychologyDec 6, 2020
Gratitude Builds Resilience in the Hardest of Times
Resilience is broadly defined by the Oxford Dictionary as the ability of people to recover quickly from something unpleasant.
PersonalityDec 5, 2020
Scientists Discover The Link Between Your Personality And Degree Of Career Success
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to ...
Child PsychologyDec 4, 2020
Gestational age linked to ADHD in children with Down syndrome
A new study finds a connection between gestational age and ADHD in children with Down syndrome. An earlier gestational age is linked to higher ADHD symptoms later in childhood.
Social MediaDec 4, 2020
The Social Media and Mental Health Connection
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in social media use. According to the Pew Research Center, 72% of ...
Clinical PsychologyDec 3, 2020
Psychotherapy and the Meaning of Life
Different psychotherapies have traditionally focused on an active collaboration between therapist and client so as to foster a ...
Health PsychologyNov 30, 2020
Getting a grip on better health
Medical researchers in South Australia assessed more than 600 men aged over 40 to 88 years to measure the link between sleep apnea and muscle mass with grip strength.
CyberpsychologyNov 29, 2020
Cyberpsychology: Defining the Field
We have entered a new era in the field of psychology. Approximately 58% of the world’s 7 billion people use the internet ...
NeuropsychologyNov 29, 2020
The 100 Top-Cited Studies on Neuropsychology: A Bibliometric Analysis
*We used the Web of Science categories. If an article had more than one category, the first was used for data analysis.
Mental HealthNov 25, 2020
Men's Mental Health Stigma: A Male Issue or a Social Issue?
Men’s mental health stigma remains overlooked and ignored, and still lurks silently in the shadows of society. Importantly ...
Illness anxietyNov 20, 2020
Illness Anxiety Disorder
As of mid-October 2020, over 39 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 had been reported worldwide. The United States is the most ...
PersonalityNov 14, 2020
4 Traits of Psychologically "Healthy" People
There are hundreds if not thousands of traits psychologists use to describe someone’s personality. A person can be gentle ...
Health PsychologyNov 13, 2020
Study of infants finds that sleep differences by race, income emerge early
A new stud takes a look at 24-hour sleep-wake cycles for infants across racial/ethnic and socioeconomic categories. The team found several distinct differences in sleep-wake patterns, largely explained by discrepancies…
Assisted outpatient treatmentNov 13, 2020
Assisted Outpatient Treatment: A First-Hand Perspective
Matt: Advocacy for those in our care is an important factor in all fields of behavioral health, but many people think of it being ...
Forensic PsychologyNov 12, 2020
What Does a Forensic Psychologist Do in a Criminal Case?
People often inquire as to what a forensic psychologist does. They derive their ideas about this subject mainly from television ...
Health PsychologyNov 11, 2020
Link between sleep apnea and increased risk of dementia
A new study by Monash University has found that obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been linked to an increased risk of dementia.
Housing insecurityNov 10, 2020
The Link Between Food Insecurity and Mental Health
Unemployment rates rose to more than 14 percent in April this year with more than 23 million Americans without work when the U.S ...
PersonalityNov 5, 2020
Borderline personality disorder and relationships
Borderline personality disorder is a mental health condition with the potential to negatively impact relationships. However ...
Leadership careersNov 2, 2020
Forensic Psychology Careers
Given it's National Career Development Month, and students frequently ask about careers in forensic psychology, it seemed ...
PersonalityNov 1, 2020
7 Core Pathological Personality Traits
There is no unified consensus on how to evaluate and define personality, though there are many approaches. Models include the ...
ResearchOct 30, 2020
Psychological Research in the Age of COVID-19
There is hardly a facet of human life that has not been dramatically affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the realm of ...
Sport & PerformanceOct 29, 2020
Editorial: Performance Analysis in Sport
Performance analysis is a sub-discipline of Sport Science research (Borms, 2008) that has attained great interest for many ...
Sport & PerformanceOct 29, 2020
Performance Analysis in Sport
One of the most prominent areas within Sport Science in the last decade has been performance analysis. This area is attaining ...
Clinical PsychologyOct 28, 2020
Different types of mental health professionals
There are many types of mental health professionals, including psychiatrists and psychologists. A mental health professional’s ...
WorkplaceOct 28, 2020
Strengthening Workplace Well-Being in Research Animal Facilities
Social support in the workplace, for example, through peer counseling, can be a highly effective means of helping personnel to build compassion-resiliency. Addressing mental well-being of research ...
Family & RelationshipsOct 26, 2020
Family Conflict Is Normal; It’s the Repair That Matters
Three months into the pandemic, I had the urge to see my 28-year-old daughter and her husband, 2,000 miles away. She had ...
Child PsychologyOct 26, 2020
Personal and financial costs of ADHD
Researchers have revealed the key factors that can improve outcomes in children with ADHD, a disorder that costs Australia US$13 billion a year in social and economic losses.
Mental HealthOct 25, 2020
'I never felt like I was good enough': Panel of young people open up about poor body image as part of government inquiry
“Scrolling through images on social media platforms had a really detrimental effect on the way I saw my body. I started to ...
Psychology of religion and spiritualityOct 23, 2020
How Spirituality, Wisdom, and Mental Health Are Intertwined
Last year, Michael Thomas and Dilip Jeste of the University of California, San Diego introduced a new scale (Thomas et al.
Diversity & CultureOct 21, 2020
Microsoft’s 2020 Diversity & Inclusion report: A commitment to accelerate progress amidst global change
An earlier version of the blog was posted with some numerical errors. This was due to a technical issue, which has now been resolved. Today, I am sharing Microsoft’s 2020 Diversity and Inclusion ...