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Are Sexual Predators and Harassers Everywhere? Yes!
The public revelations of so many famous sexual harassers, abusers, and predators accused in recent days, weeks, and months including Hollywood celebrities Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, Louis C. K., Bill Cosby, Woody Allen , politicians Roy Moore, Anthony Weiner, Donald Trump , news media people Bill O Reilly, Robert Ailes makes one wonder if sexual harassment and exploitation are everywhere. An ...
Psychology Today - Mon. Nov 13
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Old Marshmallow Experiment Illuminates Trump's Weaknesses
Remember the famous Marshmallow Experiment In the late 1960s, researchers at Stanford University in California gave child after child a single marshmallow. They told each child that he or she could eat the marshmallow right away or wait 20 minutes and be given a second marshmallow. A video record is on YouTube you can see lots of kids try ever so hard to be patient. You can also see some who don t ...
Psychology Today - Mon. Nov 13
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What Can 10,000-Pound Juvenile Delinquents Teach Us?
The regal African elephant Loxodonta africana stands 12 feet tall, weighs upwards of 10,000 pounds, and can live 70 years. Its trunk, a wonder of nature , has tens of thousands of muscles. And the social behavior of these animals, especially their family dynamics, is as complicated, subtle, nuanced and, as spectacular as any species. People have been fascinated with African and Asian elephants Ele ...
Psychology Today - Mon. Nov 13
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Studying sleep's profound and extensive effects on brain function
WASHINGTON, DC -- Although the general benefits of a good night s sleep are well established, one-third of American adults do not get a sufficient amount of sleep. Recent research sheds new light on the extensive effects of sleep on the brain, as well as the harms caused by sleep loss. The studies were presented at Neuroscience 2017, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience and the world ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Nov 13
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Harmful effects of stress on the brain and promising approaches for relief
WASHINGTON, DC -- Stress can have numerous harmful effects on the mind and body, both immediately and over long periods of time. New research reveals mechanisms by which stress exacts its toll throughout the body, from the brain to the male reproductive system, and points to potential paths for reducing the negative effects of stress. The studies were presented at Neuroscience 2017, the annual mee ...
EurekAlert - Mon. Nov 13
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6 Questions To Ask A Therapist Before You Make It Official
This article was originally published on Healthline . It turns out that one of the most healing factors of therapy is the relationship I have with my therapist. She knows when to be a sympathetic ear, when to challenge me and accepts who I am. I m free to be open and vulnerable in a safe, nonjudgmental space. As a result, this reparative relationship allows me to grow, heal and stick with the ther ...
Huffington Post - Sat. Nov 11
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The Symptom Of Depression We Don’t Talk About
The Symptom of Depression We Don t Talk About was published on The Mighty . Written by Jenna B. You may think you know a lot about depression . You know people with depression can feel sad and empty much of the time, have changes in appetite or sleeping habits, be fatigued, have decreased feelings of pleasure in things that would normally bring them joy and possibly even have thoughts of death and ...
Huffington Post - Sat. Nov 11
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8 Celebrities Explain Why They Use Exercise To Cope With Anxiety
By Kristin Canning Approximately 40 million adults currently live with an anxiety disorder and that includes lots of celebrities, many of whom are pretty candid about how hitting the gym has eased their mental health issues. Exercise as an anxiety buster is something experts back up as well. And judging by the mega career success these stars have had, it seems like they re really onto something wh ...
Huffington Post - Sat. Nov 11
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For Addicted Doctors, Confidential Treatment That Works
In a high-stress profession, doctors succumb to drug addiction at a higher rate than the general population. A state-sponsored confidential treatment program helps them get back to work. The Pew Charitable Trusts Dr. Michael Wilkerson discusses a patient s case with a nurse at a Bradford Health Services addiction treatment facility in Warrior, Alabama. When doctors become addicted to drugs or alco ...
Huffington Post - Sat. Nov 11
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Americans Feel Less Sad And Anxious Than When Trump Was Sworn In
NEW YORK The night Donald Trump was elected, Sofia, a 33-year-old woman in Tulsa, Oklahoma, started having trouble breathing. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Sofia is one of very few brown women in a sea of white people. And two-thirds of Oklahoma had voted for Trump, despite some of his xenophobic and anti-immigrant policies and rhetoric. I don t have the benefit of blending in, because of the ...
Huffington Post - Sat. Nov 11
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22 Unexpected Things That Relax People Who Live With Anxiety
22 Unexpected Things That Relax People Who Live With Anxiety was published on The Mighty Written by Juliette Virzi When struggling with a mental illness like anxiety , sometimes traditional methods of relaxation simply don t work in the way we want them to. You may be familiar with the times I m talking about. You know, those times when exercise and mindfulness apps just don t seem to cut it We kn ...
Huffington Post - Sat. Nov 11
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Transgender women take triple the number of HIV tests as trans men
BUFFALO, N.Y. - A new University at Buffalo study has shown that HIV testing among transgender adults was higher in those who identified as female, were African-American or Hispanic, or had a history of incarceration. The preliminary research, which sought to identify HIV testing patterns in urban, transgender individuals in Western New York, also found that among participants, those with history ...
EurekAlert - Sat. Nov 11
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