http://medicineworld.org/news/psychology-news.html MedicineWorld.Org brings daily psychology news from various sources to keep you updated on the latest events in the world on this topic. Medicineworld psychology news service is the most comprehensive psychology news service on the internet. We keep an archive of previous few days of news on this site. Please go down through the list to find the older news items. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT en-us http://medicineworld.org/images/psychology-news.jpg http://medicineworld.org/news/psychology-news.html 107 77 http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/depression-in-the-mother-and-asthma-in-the-child.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/depression-in-the-mother-and-asthma-in-the-child.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT Asthma symptoms can worsen in children with depressed mothers, as per research from Johns Hopkins Children's Center published online in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology. Analyzing data from interviews with 262 mothers of African-American children with asthma - a population disproportionately affected by this inflammatory airway disorder - the Hopkins researchers observed that children whose mothers had more depressive symptoms had more frequent asthma symptoms during the six-months of the study. On the other hand, children whose mothers reported fewer depressive symptoms had less frequent asthma symptoms........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/transcendental-meditation-for-college-students.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/transcendental-meditation-for-college-students.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT The Transcendental Meditation technique appears to be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, as per a newly released study to be reported in the American Journal of Hypertension, December 2009. "The Transcendental Meditation Program, a widely-used standardized program to reduce stress, showed significant decreases in blood pressure and improved mental health in young adults at risk for hypertension," said David Haaga, PhD, co-author of the study and professor of psychology at American University in Washington, D.C........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/activation-of-immune-system-in-schizophrenia.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/activation-of-immune-system-in-schizophrenia.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT Scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have discovered that patients with recent-onset schizophrenia have higher levels of inflammatory substances in their brains. Their findings offer hope of being able to treat schizophrenia with drugs that affect the immune system. The causes of schizophrenia are largely unknown, and this hinders the development of effective therapys. One theory is that infections caught early on in life might increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, but to date any direct evidence of this has not been forthcoming........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/to-reduce-marijuana-use.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/to-reduce-marijuana-use.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it. Continued marijuana use may result in many serious consequences including depression, cognitive impairment, cardiovascular disease, and certain forms of cancer. As such, it is critical to prevent marijuana use by adolescents and numerous behavioral and medical researchers have been trying to establish the best means of prevention........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/engage-in-more-binge-drinking.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/engage-in-more-binge-drinking.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT A newly released study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housing. More than 500 students from five college campuses around the country took part in the study:....... ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/just-looking-at-your-loved-ones.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/just-looking-at-your-loved-ones.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT "The very thought of you the mere idea of you". from the song "The Very Thought of You" by Ray Noble. Can the mere thought of your loved one reduce your pain? . Yes, as per a newly released study by UCLA psychology experts that underscores the importance of social relationships and staying socially connected........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/how-long-they-stay-in-school.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/how-long-they-stay-in-school.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT Queen's University researcher Steven Lehrer has won a prestigious international award in recognition of his contributions to health economics. A professor in Queen's School of Policy Studies and Department of Economics, Dr. Lehrer shares the RAND Corporation's Victor R. Fuchs Research Award with Jason Fletcher of Yale University. Their prize-winning paper, recently reported in the journal Forum for Health Economics and Policy, examines the effects of adolescent health on educational outcomes........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/how-youths-view-parental-control.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/how-youths-view-parental-control.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT A newly released study has observed that young people feel differently about two types of parental control, generally viewing a type of control that's believed to be better for their development more positively. However, when parents are very controlling, young people no longer make this distinction and view both types of parental control negatively........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/use-dark-chocolate-to-fight-stress.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/use-dark-chocolate-to-fight-stress.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT The "chocolate cure" for emotional stress is getting new support from a clinical trial published online in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research It observed that eating about an ounce and a half of dark chocolate a day for two weeks reduced levels of stress hormones in the bodies of people feeling highly stressed. Everyone's favorite treat also partially corrected other stress-related biochemical imbalances........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/handwriting-for-children-with-autism.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/handwriting-for-children-with-autism.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT Handwriting skills are crucial for success in school, communication, and building children's self-esteem. The first study to examine handwriting quality in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) has uncovered a relationship between fine motor control and poor quality of handwriting in children with ASD, as per research reported in the November 10, 2009, issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The study, conducted by scientists at the Kennedy Krieger Institute, compared handwriting samples, motor skills, and visuospatial abilities of children with ASD to typically developing children. The scientists observed that overall, the handwriting of children with ASD was worse than typically developing children. Specifically, children with ASD had trouble with forming letters, however in other categories, such as size, alignment, and spacing, their handwriting was comparable to typically developing children. These findings build on prior studies examining motor skills and ASD conducted in 2009 by Kennedy Krieger researchers........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/handedness-may-effect-body-perception.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/handedness-may-effect-body-perception.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT There are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies. The way these areas are distributed throughout the brain are known as "body maps" and there are some significant differences in these maps between left- and right-handed people. For example, in left-handed people, there is an equal amount of brain area devoted to the left and right arms in both hemispheres. However, for right-handed people, there is more cortical area linked to right arm than the left........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/sleep-disturbances-improve-after-retirement.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/11-2009/sleep-disturbances-improve-after-retirement.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT A study in the Nov.1 issue of the journal Sleep shows that retirement is followed by a sharp decrease in the prevalence of sleep disturbances. Findings suggest that this general improvement in sleep is likely to result from the removal of work-related demands and stress rather than from actual health benefits of retirement........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/seeing-is-relieving.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/seeing-is-relieving.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT An f1000 assessment examines how pain relief improves greatly when the sufferer can actually see the area where the pain is occurring. In an Anglo-Italian study, thirty healthy subjects were invited to look at either their own hand, the experimenter's hand, or an object, while their hand was subjected to laser-induced pain........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/pregnant-women-using-psychiatric-medications.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/pregnant-women-using-psychiatric-medications.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT The odds triple for premature child delivery pregnant women with a history of depression who used psychiatric medication, as per a newly released study. Scientists at the University of Washington, University of Michigan and Michigan State University observed that a combination of medicine use and depression either before or during pregnancy was strongly associated with delivery before 35 weeks' gestation........ ]]> http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/people-with-depression-have.html http://medicineworld.org/stories/lead/10-2009/people-with-depression-have.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:48:06 GMT New research shows people who feel depressed tend to recall having more physical symptoms than they actually experienced. The study indicates that depression -- not neuroticism -- is the cause of such over-reporting. Psychology expert Jerry Suls, professor and collegiate fellow in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, attributes the findings to depressed individuals recalling experiences differently, tending to ruminate over and exaggerate the bad........ ]]>