Download PsychDigest 200810 Vol 2 no 6
ADHD
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Psychotherapy should be the first choice of treatment in ADHD
Anxiety & stress
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Nature and nurture both play a role in the development of the stress response
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The role of stress in aging and physical illness
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Stressed mothers are more likely to have overweight children
Bipolar spectrum disorders
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Ataxia battery tests may reveal a biomarker for bipolar disorder
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Family-focused therapy effective for depressive symptoms in bipolar disorder
Depression
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DNA changes in major depression and suicide
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Fighting depression with hope
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Suicidal thoughts among students may be much more common than expected
Developmental psychology
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Children born extremely early are four times more likely to have behavioural disorders
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Babies brains are prepared for face-to-face communication from birth
Health psychology
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Mental work can increase your calorie intake
Impulse control disorders
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Older gamblers may face higher risk of suicide
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New scale to measure compulsive shopping
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AEBT effective for trichotillomania and chronic skin picking
Memory
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False memories can change behaviour in the long-term
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False memories about negative events easier to implant than about neutral events
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The aging brain loses ability to filter and process information efficiently
Neuroscience
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A new type of synaesthesia discovered: hearing movement
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Watching a sport can improve your language skills
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Passive and active learning show similar brain activity
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Meditation decreases distractibility
Organisational psychology
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It pays to be a male chauvinist in the workplace
Parenting
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Link found between spanking and child abuse
Personality
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South Africa: Personality disorders prevalent, but untreated
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Intimate partner violence—the South African picture
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The psychology of students who don't cheat
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Boys also use subtle, social aggression against others
Sex & gender issues
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Causes of sexual dysfunction change as people grow older
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Mate selection—the parental link
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Sexual satisfaction in South Africa
Social psychology
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Our shifting selves—how thinking about another can influence our self-esteem
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Sticks and stones—reliving painful events
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Isolation may literally make you feel cold
Substance abuse
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How the first smoke can lead to addiction
The history of psychology
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A second look at the “myths” of psychology
PsychLits: on the psych radar
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Tattoos linked to antisocial personality disorder
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Mistreating the elderly—US national survey
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Nicotine enhances experiences—possible reason why it is so hard to quit smoking
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Bilingual children more likely to stutter
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Collaborative therapeutic relationships lower suicidal ideation in bipolar disorder
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Impaired decision-making in bipolar mania—a focus for psychotherapy?
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Exercise can protect against depression during and after pregnancy
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Expertise level and imagery
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A baby's smile like a natural high
Psych–pointers…
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The Relationship Between the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and the Short-Form Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire
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Validation of the Infant-Toddler Checklist as a broadband screener for autism spectrum disorders from 9 to 24 months of age
Alternative & complementary therapies
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Imagery and hypnotherapy can help alleviate arthritis pain
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No evidence for efficacy of alternative treatments for bipolar disorder
Books & publications
Conferences & events
