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Anxiety & stress
- Anger and stress contribute to heart disease in men
- Trauma can affect healthy people years after the event
- 'Wristwatch' to read your stress levels
Aspects of personality
- Adolescent aggression influenced by sibling order and gender
- Free will: the neural signature of self-control
- Hostility impacts on lung function
- Links between adolescent and adult antisocial personality disorder
Bipolar affective disorder
- Obesity and substance abuse inversely related in Bipolar I disorder
- Young people with Cotard's syndrome must be monitored for bipolar disorder
Community psychology
- Familiar opinions can have almost as much impact as popular opinions
Depression
- Depression takes a bigger toll than other chronic conditions
- Postpartum depression may begin before pregnancy
Gender issues
- Therapeutic responses to sexual orientation: APA Press Release
Psychometrics
- Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)
- New rating scale: Bipolar Depression Rating Scale (BDRS)
Psychotherapy
- Grief counselling not harmful: press release from the APA
- Supervising students in play therapy: a three-step model
Focus on ...
... Guilt
- Feeling guilty? A new model of emotions
... Language
- Don't talk while you think
... Reality
- Seeing things …
... Child abuse
- Cycles of abuse: the link between trauma and child abuse
Drugs & Medication
- Antipsychotics not indicated for cocaine dependence
- Treatment of depression in personality disorders
Complementary & Alternative Therapies
- Acupuncture not effective for insomnia
Psychlits: on the psych radar
- Learning how to surf the Internet benefits the elderly
- Meaningful activities for people with dementia
- Piano lessons help prevent cognitive decline
- Menopause may trigger depression
Books & Publications
- Alone together: making an Asperger marriage work
- Feeling Better: A kid's book about therapy
- Directory of unpublished experimental mental measures, Volume 9
Conferences & Events
Courses & Training Materials
- Industrial and Organisational Psychology programmes and courses at Unisa
