Psychology News

“Anti-drug vaccines may provide an important weapon against addiction”

The needle may be one of addiction's enduring symbols, but two Houston researchers hope injections of modified cocaine actually provide the first-ever medication for people hooked on the destructive drug. via Houston Chronicle

“That state is associated with positive emotions, like joy, which help strengthen the immune system and the cardiovascular system.”

It takes more than just diet and exercise to help you live a longer, healthier life you may fair even better with the power of friendship. via WIAT-TV Birmingham

“It felt like there was a vise on my heart”

Ten months after her husband was shot outside a strip club, Kathy Urbanski bears much of that crime's burden Story and photographs by Tiffany Brown, Las Vegas Sun Las Vegas Sun Kathy Urbanski woke from a ... via Las Vegas Sun

“What happens when you stop doing what it is you were doing that stressed you is that the adrenaline shuts off first”

It may not be the eggnog, the endless holiday music or even the pounds of sugar cookies that are making you ill. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Sofia City Court is to hear Monday the case against the Australian citizen, who killed a Bulgarian youngster and injured a friend of his after stabbing them with a knife near the Sheraton hotel in the capital ... via Sofia News Agency

Lragir, Armenia Dec 27 2007 WHAT HAPPENED LATER WHEN THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM WAS OVERCOME On the day when the Armenian president met with the major businessmen of Armenia and stated out to the society that ... via Groong Armenian News Network

“We presume Webster is not going to cooperate with counsel”

Accused rapist David Webster walked into a Franklin County courtroom Thursday afternoon carrying a paper sack overflowing with books and papers, and muttering about how lousy his Christmas was because his ... via Tri-City Herald

“It's actually very counterintuitive. This picks up on the idea that when people are confronted with their own mortality, these sorts of concepts -- positive emotion words -- become readily accessible to them.”

When thoughts of death intrude, the human mind isn't paralyzed with negativity or fear. via WTNZ-TV Knoxville

Please check here for details.] This week I will be re-posting a series I wrote on Shame, Aggression, & Demographic Suicide, originally posted almost 2 years ago. via ShrinkWrapped

“Sometimes people have been through a difficult thing in the past year. A marriage breakup, or your family is not doing well. You may have moved, lost your job, and sometimes the holiday season turns up the volume as to how hard that is to cope.”

Psychologists say it is normal to be sad or upset for a couple days. They say when symptoms last for a couple weeks you should get help. via WLBZ

“I pray to God to please cleanse, heal, shield, illuminate and protect me, all my family, friends ...”

A new breed of therapist is healing the mentally ill not with talk and drug therapy but by releasing troublesome or malevolent spirits who have attached themselves to their victims. via National Catholic Reporter

One person out of every thousand has synaesthesia ... 27.12.2007 ... a psychological phenomenon in which an individual can smell a sound or hear a colour Most of these people are not aware they are synaesthetes ... via Innovations-report.com

“The articles address important and timely social issues, and are focused squarely on the relations of research and theory with practice and public policy”

The involvement of psychologists in interrogations is a subject of great interest among practicing psychologists, researchers, policy advocates and interrogators. via Blackwell Publishing Press Release

“It wasn't that long ago that we believed schizophrenia was caused by bad mothers and depression wasn't a disease”

Drug or alcohol abusers who relapse, even after long periods of abstinence, are often reviled as too weak or undisciplined to straighten themselves out. via PsycPORT.com

“They don't get discouraged because they are a participant in the learning process. They don't feel pressured as in a standardized classroom because they have a voice in their own education”

This year has marked the 100th year since Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first Casa dei Bambini at the request of a group of investors renovating an abandoned building that had become a center of crime and ... via GreenvilleOnline.com

Submitted by News Account on 25 December 2007 - 4:01pm. Psychology One person out of every thousand has synaesthesia, a psychological phenomenon in which they can smell a sound or hear a color. via Scientific Blogging

“I am very excited about these results because of their clinical implications”

Submitted by News Account on 25 December 2007 - 5:48pm. Psychology People with clinical addictions know first-hand the ravages the disease can take on almost every aspect of their lives. via Scientific Blogging

“Learning music is very important; I wish to play music in order to be an accomplished singer. From the very beginning I chose this center to learn, as Nazar Ghanem offered us free lessons.”

The Health and Culture Center is a local non-governmental organization based in Sana'a which aims to serve deprived people and help improve their skills. via Yemen Times

“It now becomes clearer why traditional intervention programs fail to help many teenagers”

Last January in Freehold Township, N.J., a car driven by a 17-year- old high school student, with two fellow students as passengers, passed a car driven by another teenager at 70 mph in a 50-mph zone. via Rocky Mountain News

“People respond to fears in a variety of ways”

Discussion Policy Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. via The Washington Post