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A 52-year-old former Arizona teacher says he was one of 13 people killed in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas, his family said.

Technology is no longer what it used to be: Computers have replaced typewriters and landlines are in rapid decline.

The trial for a 25-year-old Wisconsin Rapids man accused of breaking 22 of his daughter's bones will wait until lawyers have a chance to review his psychological evaluation.

Movie Review: The Fourth Kind , starring Milla Jovovich November 6, 2009 at 11:28 am by Joe Bardi For a movie whose title references the most sinister level of encounter with an alien life form - abduction - The Fourth Kind should probably have come with a modest "buyer beware" warning.

Psychiatrists are trained to deal with other people's problems, but what if they don't make time to deal with their own? That could be part of the reason Maj.

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 06 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST There are areas in the brain devoted to our arms, legs, and various parts of our bodies.

It may sound hard to believe, but just one sneeze is enough to increase your fear not just of contracting flu, but also of dying from a heart attack at an early age, dying from an accident or being the victim of a fatal crime, new research shows.

Every year, the American Psychological Association gauges the emotional temperament of the nation with its report "Stress in America." If we're to believe the results of the study, it appears that Americans are increasingly freaking out.

Dresden- A psychologist briefed German judges behind closed doors Thursday on the mental state of Alex W, the xenophobic unemployed man who killed an Egyptian woman and wounded her husband with a knife in a Dresden courtroom in July.

So many gay couples today have kids that it has become a cultural phenomenon - there's even a new TV show about a modern family that includes a gay couple with an adopted baby.

GRUNDY CENTER - Medical professionals called by the defense and the state during the final day of testimony agreed that Michelle Kehoe suffered from major depression.

More Atlanta residents are stressed about the economy this year according to the American Psychological Association's Stress in America survey, while the number of Atlantans reporting money or work as significant stressors in 2009 has dropped.

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 04 Nov 2009 In a comparison of five different smoking cessation medications, a nicotine patch plus a nicotine lozenge appears most effective at helping smokers quit, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the ...

Use of cannabinoids could assist in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder patients.

The man who authorities allege is a longtime prolific firebug who set many blazes in the Cherokee National Forest has been ordered to undergo psychological testing to determine if he is competent to stand trial.

A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a Purdue University counselor in his estranged wife's bedroom.

A study of an Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme has found it had significant clinical results for depression and anxiety sufferers.

The consensus appears to shift each decade as to how depression should be treated.

You're out at a bar, and you see that girl in the Pixies T-shirt, hyping your favorite band.

The state board responsible for licensing - and disciplining - psychologists in Louisiana is accused of turning a blind eye to serious allegations of abuse against one of its members, including complicity in beatings, religious and sexual humiliation, rape threats and painful body positions during his service as a senior advisor on interrogations ...