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Mental Health Blog

http://www.mentalhealthblog.com/

This blog is devoted to the discussion of new developments and research within the field of psychology and mental health.

Added on: Jan 14th, 2008
Country: Canada
Language: English

Author: meg
Listed in: Health Education & Learning
Tags: news Psychology mental health research brain social work

Recent Posts

Paraskevidekatriaphobia: Fear of Friday the 13th

Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 12:26 in fear, friday, superstition, phobias, paraskevidekatriaphobia

“It’s called paraskevidekatriaphobia: a morbid or irrational fear of Friday the 13th. It's believed that as many as 25 million Americans will change their behavior today because of superstition: They’ll stay away from shopping malls and won't...
Military in Dire Need of Mental Health Professionals

Posted on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 15:22 in Mental Illness, military, mental health, Army, therapy, soldier, medication, suicide, ptsd

The recent tragedy in Fort Hood illustrates the dire need for mental health professionals in the military. “More than two years after the nation's political and military leaders pledged to improve mental-health care, their promises have fallen sh...
The Brain Can Distinguish Religion From Fact

Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 11:16 in religion, God, memory, brain, Emotion, anterior cingulate cortex, ventromedial prefrontal cortex

Lead author, Sam Harris, professor of psychiatry at the UCLA Staglin Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, and co-lead author, Jonas Kaplan, research assistant professor at the USC's Brain and Creativity Institute, performed the first neuroimaging stud...
GUEST POST: ADHD: Recognizing it, Controversy

Posted on Monday September 21st, 2009 at 16:15 in add, adhd, guest blogger

ADHD is an extremely common disorder that is characterized by difficulty paying attention, distractibility and hyperactivity. And some say it's even more common than previously thought. For one, it's now believed to be common in adults - not just ch...
Sensitivity to Physical Pain Linked To Social Rejection

Posted on Sunday August 23rd, 2009 at 19:54 in Treatment, addiction, pain, morphine, social isolation, opioid, pain killer, social rejection

Psychologists at UCLA have concluded, in the August 14th online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, that there is a genetic link between sensitivity to physical pain and social rejection. A gene that regulates the mu-opioid ...
Airfare Resolves Homelessness in New York City

Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 20:55 in politics, Mental Illness, poverty, mental health, homelessness

“Since 2007, the city has quietly arranged airfare or bus tickets – one-way – for 550 homeless families. They have been sent as far away as India, Russia and Peru, although the bulk have been dispatched southward, to Florida and Puerto Rico. ...