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How to Deal with Autism, Especially When It Hits Your Household
By Staff Reporter | Nov 29, 2019 10:54 AM ESTParenting a child with autism spectrum disorder presents unique challenges. Just like with any child that has special needs, children on the autism spectrum disorder need the love and discipline of a parent.
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What Should Parents Know About Teen Suicide?
By Ernest Hamilton | Nov 19, 2019 08:43 PM ESTTeen mental health is something that may not be talked about enough in households and schools around the country. We often view teen mental health as something related to angst, and if a teen is experiencing symptoms such as anxiety or depression, it may be viewed more as a normal part of being a teen.
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5 tips on how to Take Care of Your Mental Health in College
By Ernest Hamilton | Oct 23, 2019 10:55 AM EDTThe mental state of a college student plays a crucial role in their academic performance. A mind that is troubled has a hard time focusing on anything. You need to take care of your mental health if you want to maintain an above-average performance.
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People Pay More Attention To Stimuli They Associate With Danger
By Staff Reporter | Oct 13, 2019 11:42 PM EDTA new analysis of how people prioritize their attention when determining safety and danger in busy settings, such as crossing a road, suggests that a person will pay more attention to something if they learn it is associated with danger. Toby Wise of University College London, U.K., and colleagues report their findings in PLOS Computational Biology.
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Suicide In Low- And Middle-Income Countries
By Staff Reporter | Oct 12, 2019 09:46 AM EDTFuture treatment and prevention of suicidal behaviour in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) should involve a wider range of approaches beyond just the treatment of psychiatric illness, according to a new University of Bristol study published on World Mental Health Day today [Thursday 10 October] in PLOS Medicine.
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Musical Perception: Nature or Nurture?
By Staff Reporter | Oct 12, 2019 09:41 AM EDTFrom a general perspective, harmony in music is the balance of the proportions between the different parts of a whole, which causes a feeling of pleasure. "When we listen to music, each sound we hear helps us to imagine what is coming next. It what we expect is fulfilled, we feel satisfied. But if not, we may be pleasantly surprised or upset", comments Carlota Pagès Portabella, a researcher with the Language and Comparative Cognition research group (LCC) at the Center for Brain and Cognition (CBC).
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Linguists Track Impact Of Cognitive Decline Across Three Decades Of One Writer's Diaries
By Staff Reporter | Oct 12, 2019 09:35 AM EDTTORONTO, ON (Canada) - Researchers at the University of Toronto (U of T) specializing in language variation and change have identified a specific relationship between an individual's use of language, and the transition from healthy to a diagnosis of severe dementia.
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Five Ways How Expressive Writing Can Boost Your Mental Health
By Ernest Hamilton | Sep 28, 2019 10:11 AM EDTMental health struggles can have a negative impact on your ability to function in your professional and personal lives. A lot of people go into a state of denial when their mental health is suffering. This is mainly due to the stigma still attached to mental health issues.
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3 Tips That Will Help Enhance Your Mental Health
By Ernest Hamilton | Sep 30, 2019 11:13 PM EDTNowadays, with the rapid cycle of work and life. We sometimes tend to neglect mental health. This is because we forget that It is a healthy mind that’s the key to a better quality of life. To remind you of this and show you great ways to a better life, we are going to give you some helpful tips about this matter.
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How Traumatic Events Impact Mental Health
By Ernest Hamilton | Aug 29, 2019 11:03 PM EDTWitnessing a traumatic event can have a long-lasting impact on our lives. Whether it be a sudden illness, natural disaster, assault or accident, traumatic experiences cause distress. The physical effects of these events may heal over time, but for some individuals, the mental distress can have a significant impact on the quality of their lives.
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An Alternate Theory for What Causes Alzheimer's Disease
By Staff Reporter | Aug 13, 2019 05:06 AM EDTRIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia among the elderly, is characterized by plaques and tangles in the brain, with most efforts at finding a cure-focused on these abnormal structures. But the University of California, Riverside, the research team has identified alternate chemistry that could account for the various pathologies associated with the disease.
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Study Finds Older Adults Less Distracted by Negative Information
By Staff Reporter | Aug 13, 2019 05:07 AM EDTA new study shows that compared to younger adults, older adults are less distracted by negative information -- even in the earliest stages of attention.
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Adults Who Mix Cannabis with Opioids for Pain Report Higher Anxiety, Depression
By Staff Reporter | Aug 13, 2019 05:07 AM EDTA researcher from the University of Houston has found that adults who take prescription opioids for severe pain are more likely to have increased anxiety, depression, and substance abuse issues if they also use marijuana.
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Mental Health Specialists Boost Vets' Access to Outpatient Services
By Staff Reporter | Aug 12, 2019 03:53 AM EDTA Veterans Health Administration program that added mental health specialists, care managers or both in primary care clinics significantly improved access to mental health and primary care services to veterans with behavioral health needs. In a clinic of 100 patients, each additional patient seen by such a mental health specialist or care manager was on average associated with 11% more mental health visits and 40% more primary care visits. The practice also resulted in a 9% higher average annual cost for each patient.
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Pupillary Response to Glare Illusions of Different Colors
By Staff Reporter | Aug 09, 2019 04:21 AM EDTThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Toyohashi University of Technology formed a research team with the University of Oslo to measure the size of subjects' pupils when viewing a brightness illusion (glare illusion). The pupil expands (dilates) in dark environments and contracts in bright environments in order to control the amount of light that enters the eye.
