Economists have long understood the importance of going beyond economic data to gauge the true well-being of a society. Gross Domestic Product alone cannot alone measure quality of life. The Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
A strong relationship with parents can make the difference in whether homeless students thrive in spite of their disadvantage. Most homeless-education workers understand this, but experts at a symposium in the American Psychological Association...
Workplace stress can have a range of adverse effects on health with an increased risk of cardio-vascular diseases in the first line. However, to date, convincing evidence for a strong association between work stress and incident Type 2 diabetes...
How big is Chicago’s homicide problem, actually? As in much of the country, the homicide rate has fallen dramatically here from 1990s and early-2000s levels. Even in 2012, when the number of homicides spiked to more than 500—the most in...
YAMHILL, Ore. — ONE delusion common among America’s successful people is that they triumphed just because of hard work and intelligence. In fact, their big break came when they were conceived in middle-class American families who loved...
In the last 10 years, a new field of neuroscience has mapped the mental zone that can literally change the brain to quiet an overly active stress response system and simultaneously pave the way for higher brain networks to perform at optimum. The more...
Many people are still stuck on the fundamental importance of work compared to free time: the structure it gives, the purpose it affords, the morality it signifies. But what if we viewed leisure time not as goofing off, but as necessary time for...
Children of prison inmates — particularly those in black and Latino households — stand to suffer from their parents’ absence, a new study suggests. The study, which analyzed survey data collected from more than 81,000 adults, found...
The national adverse childhood experience study outlines ten different experiences children can be exposed to in their homes: physical, emotional or sexual abuse, physical or emotional neglect, mental illness, an incarcerated family member, witnessing...
Cognitive abilities such as memory and attention are not only important after a stroke but also before; according to researchers, declining memory and cognitive ability may increase the risk of stroke in adults over age 65. After stroke, cognitive...
Some young women simply have more resilience and better coping skills and can shrug off the effect of unwanted cat calls, demeaning looks and sexual advances. Women with low resilience struggle and could develop psychological problems when they...
High rates of suicide among military service members and veterans may be related to traumatic experiences they had before enlisting, making them more vulnerable to suicidal behavior when coping with combat and multiple deployments, according to the...
The dad and his wife had decided to try “attachment parenting” with their newborn son. That meant they slept in bed with their son every night, fed him milk every time he cried, and carried him everywhere they went in a baby sling. Though...
For you who have been traumatized, Bessel van der Kolk is my HERO… He knows psychological trauma… This may not be the most important post presented but he has a new book coming out "The body keeps the score". It has already been...
Braden Swenson wanders into a semi-rickety wooden shed on his search for gold, treasure and riches. "Is there any tweasure in here?" he asks in the endearing dialect of a 4-year-old. "I've been looking everywhere for them. I can't find any." The...