Psychology Around the Net: February 10, 2018
Happy Saturday, Psych Central readers!
Do you think your brain works the same way as your friends’ brains? Why are college students flocking to a class aimed at making them feel happier? What does self-defeating humor do to your psychological well-being?
We’re about to find out in this week’s Psychology Around the Net.
Similar Neural Responses Predict Friendship: In simpler terms, your brain probably works in ways similar to your friends’ brains. Could it be that birds of a feather really do flock together? One study says so.
The Mental Health and Loneliness Paradox: Whether it’s anxiety, dep...
Source: World of Psychology - February 10, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Brain and Behavior College Depression Disorders Friends Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Around the Net Research Students Women's Issues brain gene activity College Students happy Isolation Jessica Porten Lon Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 8th 2018
Fight Aging! provides a weekly digest of news and commentary for thousands of subscribers interested in the latest longevity science: progress towards the medical control of aging in order to prevent age-related frailty, suffering, and disease, as well as improvements in the present understanding of what works and what doesn't work when it comes to extending healthy life. Expect to see summaries of recent advances in medical research, news from the scientific community, advocacy and fundraising initiatives to help speed work on the repair and reversal of aging, links to online resources, and much more.
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Source: Fight Aging! - January 7, 2018 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
How Your Untreated Depression Can Affect Your Children
It’s good to know the facts.
Living with untreated depression is a horrible thing. Every day is full of hopelessness and despair. Life can seem unbearable. Imagine, then, how untreated depression in parents can affect their children.
Parenting is a 24/7 job. It’s all about modeling good behavior, paying attention, educating and loving our children. Doing these things while depressed can seem almost impossible.
As a result, untreated depression can have a huge negative effect on children.
Here are the 5 ways that untreated parental depression affects their children and how to best protect your kids during dark time...
Source: World of Psychology - December 25, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Children and Teens Depression Disorders Family Parenting Publishers YourTango kids parental depression Source Type: blogs
Does Pregnancy Alter the Brain ’ s Immune Function?
Recent research published in the November 2017 issue of Brain, Behavior, and Immunity suggests that a woman’s immune response in the brain may decrease during pregnancy and the postpartum period. These findings, discussed by the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, might help to establish a connection between the brain’s immune function and the anxiety and mood disorders that are common throughout pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Previous research has shown that during pregnancy, the response of the body’s peripheral immune system (the part of our protective system that does not protect the brain) is suppress...
Source: World of Psychology - December 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Janet Singer Tags: Brain and Behavior General Grief and Loss Health-related Mental Health and Wellness Research Women's Issues Bipolar Depression fetal development immune changes Immune Function Immunity immunosuppression Mania miscarriage Moth Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: December 2, 2017
Happy Saturday, Psych Central Readers!
This week’s Psychology Around the Net covers the successes (more specifically, lack thereof) of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, how mental illness might be passed down from generation, the #speakthesecret campaign for postpartum women, and more.
Enjoy!
Health Insurers Are Still Skimping On Mental Health Coverage: Although it’s been almost a decade since the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act passed (an act that’s supposed to make it just as easy to get treatment for substance abuse and mental health problems), patients are still struggl...
Source: World of Psychology - December 2, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Anxiety and Panic Children and Teens Depression Disorders Family Health-related Parenting Policy and Advocacy Psychology Around the Net Research Technology Treatment childhood adversity Dan Harmon Diet dna epigenetic change Source Type: blogs
How to Help a Partner Struggling With Clinical Depression
You're reading How to Help a Partner Struggling With Clinical Depression, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles.
When I first met my wife, I had no idea that she had a history of clinical depression. Of course, she had told me about it before we were married, but I did not really know what that meant. I had not had any previous exposure to serious depression in people. By the time we were dating, she was already on a mix of anti-depressants. At the time, the effects of depression were not immediately obvi...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - November 4, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: José Tags: featured happiness health and fitness motivation psychology relationships anxiety clinical depression how to help pickthebrain self improvement Source Type: blogs
The Devilish Side of Psychiatry
Final Destination 3 (2006)The devil always experienced malicious pleasure in imposing himself in neuropsychiatric nosologyOlry and Haines (2017) published a mischievous article in theJournal of the History of the Neurosciences:Having an inquiring mind by nature, the Devil always managed to interfere in all spheres of human activity, including the sciences. ... Biologists use an enzyme called “luciferase” — Lucifer has been described as the “light-bearing” fallen angel, hence the bioluminescence — to spot certain proteins by chromogenous reactions (Lodish et al., 2005, p. 92). ...But how did the Devil get a foot...
Source: The Neurocritic - October 31, 2017 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Neurocritic Source Type: blogs
The Psych Central Show Podcast is a WEGO Health Award Winner
We are honored to be the winner of the 2017 WEGO Health Award in the Best in Show: Podcast category for our outstanding weekly podcast, The Psych Central Show, hosted by Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales.
We are humbled by this achievement for our podcast, which offers a candid chat on mental health and psychology topics. Congratulations to Gabe & Vincent for doing such excellent work each and every week!
Each week, Gabe and Vincent tackle a different issue surrounding mental illness and mental health in society. Sometimes they have guests (and in today’s episode, they even interview me talking about the psycho...
Source: World of Psychology - October 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Policy and Advocacy podcast award wego award wego health Source Type: blogs
Everything I Was Too Afraid to Be: On Fatherhood and Mental Health
Recently, I had the good fortune to meet a fellow mental health advocate in person. Gabriel Nathan (Gabe – just like me) is the Editor-in-Chief of OC87 Recovery Diaries and a man who lives with depression, anxiety, and obsessive thoughts. We talked about a great many things, but the topic that fascinated me the most is that he is the father of twins.
“How on earth can you manage mental illness AND a child — let alone two?” was my first thought.
While it is a difficult task, it is a rewarding one. When asked what makes parenting so rewarding, I expected him to give the typical answer of how being a dad is the g...
Source: World of Psychology - October 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabe Howard Tags: Children and Teens Disorders Family General Happiness Industrial and Workplace Interview Marriage and Divorce Men's Issues Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Parenting Relationships World Mental Health Day an Source Type: blogs
Calling All Wonder Women —The US Health System Needs Strong Leaders, Healthy Mothers
Legend has it that the creation of Wonder Woman—the super hero and pop culture icon who has saved us from imminent doom since World War II—was inspired by real-life women’s health activists from the early twentieth century. These were women who bucked convention and championed causes like reproductive rights and suffrage. Women who saw opportunities for collective action where others saw insurmountable obstacles. Women who refused to be relegated to second-class status and instead became the driving force for creating a more just, inclusive world.
We have come a long way since the days of Margaret Sanger and Susan B....
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 5, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Karen Wolk Feinstein Tags: Featured GrantWatch Health Professionals Population Health Quality community health workers Disparities Health Philanthropy Jewish Healthcare Foundation Latinas maternal mortality pregnancy Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: September 16, 2017
Hoping each of you is having the most amazing weekend — or, at least have plans for one!
I also hope you enjoy these mental health stories for this week. From news about NASA bringing six people out of an eight-month isolation (what?!) to finding out which personality traits you share with the world’s richest people, how could you not?
NASA Space Psychology Subjects Ending 8 Months of Isolation: On Sunday, six NASA research participants will re-enter civilization after spending eight months isolated on a large plain below the summit of the world’s largest active volcano in Hawaii — an area chosen f...
Source: World of Psychology - September 16, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Anxiety and Panic Celebrities Children and Teens Depression Disorders Happiness Industrial and Workplace Mental Health and Wellness Personality Psychology Around the Net Research Treatment Women's Issues Annie McKee birth contr Source Type: blogs
Podcast: What Does Postpartum Depression Feel Like?
In this episode of the Psych Central Show, hosts Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales speak with guest Christine Hammond, a licensed mental health counselor who has also suffered from postpartum depression in two of her three pregnancies. She shares her story of why neither she nor her husband recognize postpartum depression in the first pregnancy, how it appeared rapidly during the second pregnancy, and the fears they both had that it would occur in the third pregnancy. Christine also speaks of the shame carried by and stigma against mothers dealing with it, as well as postpartum depression’s biggest lie.
Show Highlights:...
Source: World of Psychology - September 14, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabe Howard Tags: Depression General The Psych Central Show Baby Blues Depressive Episode maternity Motherhood postpartum depression Pregnancy Sadness Source Type: blogs
Podcast: What Is Postpartum Depression?
In this episode of the Psych Central Show, hosts Gabe Howard and Vincent M. Wales welcome guest Dr. Emma Basch. Dr. Basch is a licensed clinical psychologist as well as the author of PsychCentral’s Maternity Matters blog. She joins our hosts (two childless men, it should be noted) to discuss the many aspects of postpartum depression. Listen in to learn some surprising facts and statistics about postpartum depression, including how common it is. Learn how it differs from “regular” depression, the ties it has to anxiety, the known causes of postpartum depression, and several suggestions for how to treat it.
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Source: World of Psychology - August 17, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabe Howard Tags: Depression General The Psych Central Show Women's Issues Source Type: blogs
Soon after giving birth, mothers typically experience a self-esteem dip lasting at least three years
By Emma Young
“After decades of debate, a consensus is emerging about the way self-esteem develops across the lifespan.” So wrote a pair of psychologists – one from Kings College London, the other from the University of California Davis – in a paper published back in 2005. That “consensus” is that self-esteem is relatively high in childhood, drops during adolescence, rises gradually through adulthood before dropping sharply in old age. But a new paper suggests that there’s a major blip in this pattern for one huge part of the population. Becoming a mother triggers a decline in self-esteem and relation...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Emotion Mental health Source Type: blogs
