J.G. is a lawyer in his early 30s. He’s a fast talker and has the lean, sinewy build of a distance runner. His choice of profession seems preordained, as he speaks in fully formed paragraphs, his thoughts organized by topic sentences....
Suicide rates in the U.S. have gone up considerably in recent years, claiming an average of 36,000 lives annually. Most people take their lives in or near home. But suicide on the job is also increasing and, according to federal researchers,...
As my children, and my friends’ children, are getting older, a question that comes up again and again from friends is this: Which would I rather my children use — alcohol or marijuana? The immediate answer, of course, is...
To keep people from getting into trouble with alcohol, it would help to know why they're at risk. Genes make some people more susceptible to dependence or addiction, while the surroundings exert a stronger pull on others. But it's been...
Research showing that patients with early psychosis report high rates of childhood trauma has important implications for clinicians, a University of Queensland psychologist has found. UQ Centre for Clinical Research and Queensland Centre for...
A new wildlife preserve in India recently became a laboratory for Colorado State University researchers who studied not endangered animals but villagers displaced by the preserve. They found that such stress takes a measurable toll on people's...
A new study in the journal Cognition and Emotion illustrates the link between reduced working memory capacity and dysphoria, a significant and prolonged depressed mood related to clinical depression. Building on the knowledge that dysphoric...
Shortly after her youngest daughter was born, in 2000, Mary experienced her first serious depression. “I was living in Ireland and was having all these really repetitive negative thoughts,” she recalled. “I just felt like I...
In 1974, two months after having a portion of his brain removed due to an accident at the sawmill where worked, Cecil Clayton checked himself into a mental hospital, frightened by his suddenly uncontrollable temper. Previously, Clayton had been...
Friends do your health so many favors. They protect your health as much as quitting smoking and a great deal more than exercising, according to a large 2010 review in the journal PLOS One. More research has shown that socially isolated people...
Brian Sutton-Smith, the world’s foremost scholar of play and philosopher of fun, passed away earlier this month. Among all the New Zealand native's accolades, what's maybe most impressive about Sutton-Smith is that he managed to carry out...
After nine years writing Slate’s “Dear Prudence” advice column, Emily Yoffe has noticed some recurring themes: “Mothers in law, husbands addicted to porn, impossible officemates, crazy brides.”...
A recent blog post from educate4change.com . There are ways in which I still struggle in certain areas of my life, and I was beginning to feel they were all connected. I suspected the cause was a core wound, a negative feeling from...
In murder mystery novels, when the hero, a private detective or homicide cop, drops by a late-night Alcoholics Anonymous meeting to stave off a sudden craving for a beer or two or 20, it's usually in some dingy church basement or dilapidated...
As more women veterans seek health care in the Veterans Administration (VA) system, effective approaches are needed to ensure that their unique needs are recognized and met. A special April supplement to Medical Care collects new studies from...