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Jharkhand does care for its women. The state has become the first in eastern India to boast a crisis management centre for victims of rape and sexual assault.

At least 9 percent of U.S. children are medicated for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, compared to less than .5 percent of French children, writes Marilyn Wedge in Why French Kids Don't Have ADHD in Psychology Today.

Think keeping in shape is an uphill battle? Try staying fit in space, where living quarters are cramped and prolonged weightlessness withers muscle and bone.

The Singapore Police Force will be piloting a new voluntary Victim Care Cadre Programme, where members of the public will be trained by police psychologists to provide care services to crime victims.

The new edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, DSM-5, suffers from a scientific lack of validity, according to Professor Allen Frances , author Gary Greenberg , Dr.

The research, to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science , a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, addresses enduring questions in bilingual studies about how bilingual speakers hear and process sound in two different languages.

Don't dismiss cars, bars and the kegerator - a man space of some kind is important for emotional well-being at home Calm down, ladies.

Sleep. It occupies about one-third of our lives. We need it for our mental and physical health, and for our survival.

In the early 1970s, psychologist David Rosenhan set out to answer a simple question: Can psychiatrists tell the sane from the insane? Rosenhan and seven other perfectly rational "pseudopatients" went to a dozen U.S. hospitals complaining that they were hearing voices.

WINONA LAKE, IND. The faculty, staff, and board of trustees of Grace College and Seminary are excited to welcome former provost Dr.

Discrimination originates in prejudice. It most often takes the form of social rejection, with racial- and gender-based discrimination being two of the most common types.

In 1979 China instituted the one-child policy, which limited every family to just one offspring in a controversial attempt to reduce the country's burgeoning population.

Internationally acclaimed author Drawk Kwast presents a combination of street smarts, neuro-linguistic programming and evolutionary psychology, with an overdose of testosterone, entitled, "Power Communication: Secrets of the Alpha Male Book 2. This book, the second in a series of nine, offers a systematic approach to gaining the communication ... (more)

As the country awaits two important Supreme Court decisions involving state laws on same-sex marriage , a small but consistent body of research suggests that laws that ban gay marriage - or approve it - can affect the mental health of gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans.

Police departments and federal agencies across the country are using a certain type of polygraph despite evidence of a technical problem, McClatchy Newspapers has found.

Vincent Wood was named to the Dean's List at Ramapo College for the Fall 2013 semester.

It's a delicate matter for tweens to transition from one grade to another, whether it is from 7th to 8th or 9th grade or from one division of an activity to a higher one.

Bad at math? A new study by researchers at Oxford University suggests that applying high-frequency electrical noise to the brain can make you better at math for up to six months following treatment.

The judge ascended the bench. He looked down at cafeteria-style tables marked "Prosecuting Attorney" and "Defense Attorney." To his left, two men sat in a box marked "Jury." The witness stand was marked "Witness." "Sustained," proclaimed the judge, who wore a striped polo shirt, a thick goatee and a shock of greasy hair.

Only child, first-born, last-born, or somewhere in between. Where do you fit into the birth order of your family? Perhaps you've come to believe the myths both in your family and in psychology as a whole that your character, values, achievement strivings, and life success are determined by the family position that fate, and your parents , awarded ... (more)