Psychology

Is Schizophrenia A Real Illness?

Shifting descriptions of schizophrenia. Shutterstock By Huw Green, City University of New York In an attempt to move away from the traditional language used to describe psychosis and schizophrenia, the British Psychological Society (BPS) has launched an u ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 29 2014 - 8:00am

Sex Research And The Size Effect – Why Gender Studies Are Often Hyped

Not as simple as black and white. Fred Bchx, CC BY-NC-SA By Ian Rickard, Durham University ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 30 2014 - 7:00am

Shining Light On Seasonal Affective Disorder

It's that time of year again. The days are shorter and nights are colder and with that comes people blaming bad moods and symptoms of depression on the decreased amount of daylight, saying, “Oh, I have Seasonal Affective Disorder.” Do they? ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 1 2014 - 7:41pm

Psychologists Link IQ To Criminal History Of Fathers

The sons of fathers with criminal records tend to have less intelligence than sons of fathers with no criminal history, according to data from over 1 million Swedish men compiled as part of the Swedish mandatory conscription program.  Population analyses ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 2 2014 - 10:53am

Macho Stereotypes Of Surgeons And Marines Penalize Men, Say Psychologists

In a bygone era, the macho stereotype of the maverick doctor bucking convention, or the Marine running toward danger rather than away from it, inspired young men to want to be bold. No longer. Modern youth have become so convinced that being bold is a neg ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2014 - 12:21pm

Perceived Risk Of Disease Prompts Action

What made the wealthy elites in San Fransisco and Seattle who deny the benefits of child vaccines suddenly clamor for government action to create more vaccines? Two cases of Ebola in the United States. Though 12,000 people died of heart disease in that sa ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2014 - 1:00pm

Go To Bed And You'll Be Happier

Psychology surveys have found that when people go to bed and thus how long they sleep at a time might actually make it difficult for people to stop worrying. The surveys showed that people who sleep for shorter periods of time and go to bed very late at n ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2014 - 7:39pm

Punishing Young Kids For Lying Doesn't Work

If you want children ages 4 to 8 to tell the truth, it's best not to threaten to punish them if they lie. An experiment involving 372 children, led by Prof. Victoria Talwar of McGill's Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, left each c ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2014 - 4:30pm

Wealth, Power Status Linked To Mental Disorders In Berkeley Students

An analysis of U.C. Berkeley students has concluded that inflated or deflated feelings of self-worth are linked to afflictions like bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, anxiety and depression- more evidence that the widening gulf between r ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2014 - 11:20pm

They're Not Joking: Laughing Gas For Depression

In modern times, nitrous oxide is a pollutant or a way to make an old custom Nissan go really fast, but it was once common as an anesthetic in medicine and dentistry and that is how it got its common name- laughing gas. In a small pilot study, it was show ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2014 - 5:23pm