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41 min ago | The Post Chronicle

Looking At Therapy Under A Biblical Light

The University of Illinois at Chicago is offering an online course that makes a case for using biblical narratives in psychotherapy. via The Post Chronicle

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7 hrs ago | Science Daily

Sweeping Analysis Of Research Reinforces Strong Media Influence On Women's Body Image

“This suggests that despite all our efforts to teach women and girls to be savvy about the media and have healthy body practices, the media's effect on how much they internalize the thin ideal is getting stronger”

In the May issue of Psychological Bulletin, University of Wisconsin-Madison postdoctoral researcher Shelly Grabe and psychology professor Janet Hyde describe a sweeping analysis of 77 previous studies involving ... via Science Daily

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15 hrs ago | Blackwell Publishing Press Release

Both Boys and Girls Negatively Affected By Sexual Harassment

“We hope these findings inform teachers, administrators, and policy makers for high schools when they develop policy and procedures related to sexual harassment”

A new study in Psychology of Women Quarterly explored the outcomes of sexual harassment on both boys and girls. via Blackwell Publishing Press Release

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20 hrs ago | Huliq.com

Think before you drink

People are being urged to think before they drink as part of a research project aimed at changing people's binge drinking habits. via Huliq.com

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Yesterday | MediLexicon

Numbers In Our Hands

Main Category: Psychology / Psychiatry Also Included In: Neurology / Neuroscience Article Date: 12 May 2008 Simple numerical tasks, such as classifying digits as odd or even by pressing left or right buttons, ... via MediLexicon

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Yesterday | PhysOrg Weblog

Sweeping analysis of research reinforces media influence on women`s body image

“This suggests that despite all our efforts to teach women and girls to be savvy about the media and have healthy body practices, the media's effect on how much they internalize the thin ideal is getting stronger”

As France's parliament considers a landmark bill that would outlaw media images glamorizing the extremely thin, psychology researchers are reporting some of the most definitive findings yet on how these images ... via PhysOrg Weblog

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Yesterday | MediLexicon

Imagining Study Finds Equity And Efficiency Are Encoded Differently In The Brain

“You're seeing the signal in the insula and the putamen initially”

Main Category: Neurology / Neuroscience Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 11 May 2008 Which is better, giving more food to a few hungry people or letting some food go to waste so that ... via MediLexicon

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Sunday | MiddletownJournal

Counseling available, often required

“The students that I see, most of them say that alcohol is the primary focus at events”

Treating prolonged, habitual consumption of alcohol by students has become the focus of many university programs in southwest Ohio. via MiddletownJournal

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Sunday | The Seattle Times

Democrats risk much by delaying Obama's triumph

“They want to be spared controversy. Most of them are looking for certainty, for inevitability, before they commit.”

Three days after last Tuesday's primaries seemingly tilted the Democratic presidential nomination decisively toward Barack Obama, the surprising fact was that almost half the party's senators had not announced ... via The Seattle Times

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Saturday | News.ncmonline.com

Juan Crow in Georgia

“My mother went out, and I was alone”

The Nation , News Analysis, Special Exchange with the NatIon, Roberto Lovato, Posted: May 10, 2008 NEW YORK -- Justeen Mancha's dream of becoming a psychologist was born of the tropical heat and exploitation ... via News.ncmonline.com

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