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DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP INFLUENCES HEALTH OUTCOMES
Physicians who adopt a warm, friendly, and reassuring manner are more effective than those who keep consultations formal and do not offer reassurance, conclude authors of a systematic review published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET. Throughout history, doctor–patient relationships... view more (2001-03-07)

Fear circuit flares as bipolar youth misread faces
Youth with bipolar disorder misread facial expressions as hostile and show heightened neural reactions when they focus on emotional aspects of neutral faces, researchers at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered.   view more (2006-05-30)

Teens can learn to manage their emotions
Can teenagers experiencing powerful emotions learn to manage those emotions? A University of Illinois study in this month's Child Development reports that teens can become quite insightful about their emotional patterns and they can learn to intervene in their emotional episodes so they unfold... view more (2007-07-27)

Exposure to trauma can affect brain function in healthy people several years after event
Exposure to trauma may create enough changes in the brain to sensitize people to overreact to an innocuous facial gesture years later, even in people who don't have a stress-related disorder, says new research.   view more (2007-05-07)

World-first study finds that families with babies born after embryo donation are doing well, but only a third of parents plan to tell their children how they were conceived
World-first study finds that families with babies born after embryo donation are doing well, but only a third of parents plan to tell their children how they were conceived Berlin, Germany: The world's first study of families in which babies have been born from donated embryos has revealed that... view more (2004-06-28)

Gynaecologists Could Have Important Role In Identifying Sexual Abuse In Their Patients (p 2107)
European research in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how gynaecologists could have an important role in identifying women who have experienced sexual, physical, and emotional abuse. A positive dialogue between gynaecologists and their patients could ensure that abused women do not... view more (2003-06-19)

Pass the popcorn! Study finds that film enjoyment is contagious
Loud commentary and cell phone fumbling may be distracting, but new research from the Journal of Consumer Research suggests that the presence of other people may enhance our movie-watching experiences.   view more (2007-12-05)

On the Move: Personality influences migration patterns
When meeting someone for the first time, the second question that is usually asked (following "what's your name?") is "where do you live?". Until recently, it was not apparent just how revealing that answer may be. Although behavioral research has suggested that people who are... view more (2008-09-25)

New study says heart health and lifestyle are associated with maintaining brain health as we age
Heart health risk factors and lifestyle choices, such as exercise, learning new things and staying socially connected, are associated with maintaining brain health as we age.   view more (2006-02-22)

Violent video games leave teenagers emotionally aroused
A new study has found that adolescents who play violent video games may exhibit lingering effects on brain function, including increased activity in the region of the brain that governs emotional arousal and decreased activity in the brain's executive function, which is associated with control,... view more (2006-11-29)

Sleep deprivation can lead to smoking, drinking
Sleep loss or disturbed sleep can heighten the risk for adolescents to take up smoking and drinking, two habits that may prove to be detrimental to their health.   view more (2007-06-12)

How 'hot' emotional brain interferes with 'cool' processing
For the first time, researchers have seen in action how the "hot" emotional centers of the brain can interfere with "cool" cognitive processes such as those involved in memory tasks.   view more (2006-02-17)

Cancer patients, spouses report similar emotional distress, U-M study finds
A cancer diagnosis affects more than just the patient. A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center finds spouses report similar physical and emotional quality of life as the patient.   view more (2007-09-21)

Helping children handle stress, emotions may help stuttering
Children who stutter often face greater challenges managing their behavior and emotions than other children, researchers have found, offering new insight into how to help these children in a more holistic way.   view more (2006-06-19)

Mothers cradle babies to their left side for a better bonding experience
Mothers cradle babies on the left side because it helps them to better understand their child's emotional and physical needs, University of Sussex psychologists claim. Research by Victoria Bourne and Dr Brenda Todd indicates that left cradling is the best way for a mother to notice and respond to... view more (2004-02-05)

New brain-chemistry differences found in depressed women
A new brain study finds major differences between women with serious depression and healthy women in a brain-chemical system that's crucial to stress and emotions.   view more (2006-11-07)

Impaired recognition of distress cues linked to psychopathic individuals
New research shows that children with psychopathic tendencies and psychopathic adults are unable to tell that another person is sad or frightened from their facial expression, and this may be due to functional abnormalities in part of the brain known as the amygdala. This was the finding of... view more (2000-09-12)

Moral philosopher questions memory manipulation
Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician? Elisa Hurley, a philosophy professor, is seeking answers to these questions in her research currently underway at The... view more (2008-04-30)

Study suggests we remember the bad times better than the good
Do you remember exactly where you were when you learned of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks? Your answer is probably yes, and researchers are beginning to understand why we remember events that carry negative emotional weight.   view more (2007-08-29)

Spray-on skin relieves emotional trauma for child burn victims
Spray-on skin is helping child burns victims cope with the trauma of scarring, according to a study by University of Queensland researchers at the Royal Children's Hospital in Brisbane.   view more (2006-07-28)

Bullying can lead to emotional problems, especially in girls
A history of bullying predicts the onset of anxiety or depressive symptoms, especially in young teenage girls, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Over 2,600 secondary school students in Victoria, Australia were surveyed about bullying, twice in year 8 (aged 13 years) and 12 months later, at the end... view more (2001-08-29)

Doctors may need support to cope with patient death
Doctors could benefit from support to help them cope with the trauma of patient death, says a psychologist speaking at the Death, dying & disposal conference organised by the University of Bath today.   view more (2007-09-13)

Fears learned by observing others are similar to those learned from direct experience
Humans acquire fears using similar neural processes whether they've personally experienced an aversive event or only witnessed it, according to a study by researchers at New York University's Departments of Psychology.   view more (2007-03-16)

New research reveals the emotional costs of alcoholism
Alcoholics, especially those who relapse after frequent attempts to "dry out", are damaging areas of their brain that recognise emotions, a University of Sussex study suggests. Research on people's responses to photographs of different emotional facial expressions shows that heavy... view more (2002-03-01)

Study finds that sleep selectively preserves emotional memories
As poets, songwriters and authors have described, our memories range from misty water-colored recollections to vividly detailed images of the times of our lives.   view more (2008-08-14)
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