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Is 'climate anxiety' a clinical diagnosis? Should it be?
Last week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, comprised of the world's most esteemed climate experts, delivered its sixth report and "final warning" about the climate crisis. It outlined several mental health challenges ...
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First-of-its-kind study reveals how facial transplant recipient recognizes new appearance as their own
A team of researchers from the U.K. and U.S. conducted the first ever investigation into how a facial transplant recipient started to accept their new appearance as part of their own identity.
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Build on community strengths to prevent suicide in rural Alaska, research says
While suicide is a dire public health problem in rural Alaska, building on the strength of Alaska Natives' family ties and the value they place on providing safe environments for young people may be more effective for preventing ...
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Research calls for more consumer protection to combat double danger of gambling with cryptocurrencies
A new study has highlighted how cryptocurrency investors often suffer gambling-related harms—and online gambling outlets accepting cryptocurrency as wagers pose even greater risks.
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Compassion could be key to combating body shame
University of Queensland researchers have found compassion could reduce self-criticism, body shaming and depression in overweight or obese adults.
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Can cannabis use disorder be accurately diagnosed?
Cannabis use disorder is defined by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders as a problematic pattern leading to clinically significant impairment or distress, with symptoms that may include increased tolerance, ...
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How parents' personalities shape children's lives
A new analysis led by Joshua Jackson, associate professor of psychological and brain sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, explores how parents' personalities—boisterous or reserved, agreeable ...
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The relationship between humans and stress? It's complicated
The first national study to examine age patterns in daily stress across a 20-year time span showed that for most Americans, stress decreases as we age.
Mar 27, 2023
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Experts call attention to unsupervised youth gun access in Colorado
Public health experts at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus released a new research letter today in JAMA Pediatrics that examines how quickly Colorado's children and teenagers can access a loaded gun and call ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Positive experiences in close relationships are associated with better physical health, new research suggests
Social relationships influence physical health, but questions remain about the nature of this connection. New research in Social Psychological and Personality Science suggests that the way you feel about your close relationships ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Research suggests social isolation may be as bad for our health as hypertension, obesity
Humans are social animals. We might define ourselves as introverts, but the survival of our species rests on safety in community. Loneliness unleashes excess stress hormones, causing an elevated heart rate, and increased ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Study reveals that art has a powerful effect on people's bodies and emotions
A new study from the University of Turku and Aalto University in Finland published in the journal Cognition & Emotion reveals that art has a powerful effect on people's bodies and emotions.
Mar 27, 2023
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European study finds drop in suicides in last decade may be linked to active prevention measures
A major new study confirms the trend toward fewer suicides in Europe. The findings show that suicide rates are down in 15 countries (including Germany and Italy), and stable elsewhere (including France, Spain and U.K.). Only ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Bodies of people with mental illness are biologically older than their actual age
New research shows that people with a lifetime history of mental disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, or anxiety disorders have blood markers suggesting that they are older than their actual age. This may go some ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Forget about it: Investigating how we purge thoughts from our mind
Forgetting is not always easy. If you have ever tried to erase that annoying earworm from your mind or stop thinking about whether you locked the door after leaving the house, you know how disruptive it can be to think about ...
Mar 27, 2023
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Scientists show that odors from other people's sweat can help treat social anxiety
A group of European researchers have shown that exposure to human odors, extracted from other people's sweat, might be used to boost treatment for some mental health problems.
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Childhood trauma linked to adult mental health problems: Women harmed more by abuse, men by neglect
A new study shows that men and women are affected differently by childhood trauma: women are more affected by childhood emotional trauma and sexual abuse, whereas men are more affected by childhood emotional and physical ...
Mar 26, 2023
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CBD for anxiety: can it help?
Anxiety disorder can make it hard to navigate life, but lately CBD has been touted as a natural treatment for the nerve-wracking condition.
Mar 26, 2023
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Childhood trauma linked with greater tendency to anger in anxious or depressed patients
Scientists have found that depression and anxiety sufferers who have had a traumatic childhood tend to grow up as angry adults, and the worse the trauma, the angrier the adult. This can affect personal mental health and social ...
Mar 26, 2023
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Blind people sense their heartbeats better than sighted people, shows study
Blind people are better at sensing their own heartbeats than sighted people, shows a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Jagiellonian University in Poland. The study indicates that blindness leads ...
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