Stigma = Abnormality – no matter the definition carries a stigma (depression & schizophrenia) Fig.4 Meta-analysis examining relationship between improvement in knowledge and change in stigma. As you can see that as awareness increases stigma decreases. Public...
One of the easiest ways to reduce the risk of stress and anxiety. Eating vegetables daily is linked to a lower chance of anxiety and depression, new research finds. The study of over 65,000 Australians found that the more vegetables they ate each day, the lower their risk of suffering from anxiety and depression. Women in particular seemed to be sensitive to vegetable intake. Vegetables had a stronger protective effect on women than it did on men. Binh Nguyen, the study’s first author, said: “We found that fruit and vegetables
Do antidepressants work? What are the real side-effects? And more… 1.Antidepressants are very hit-and-miss Unfortunately, for around half of depressed patients, the first antidepressants prescribed do not work. On top of that, around one-third of patients do not respond to any types of drugs (although psychological therapies may be useful). At the moment, the only way to know is to try them and see what happens. This means that many depressed people have to wait around three months to see if the drugs will work. (From: Depression Breakthrough: Blood Test
Study suggests way to achieve a more sophisticated understanding of any subject. Arguing with yourself can be a highly productive exercise, a new study finds. Imagining both sides of the argument helps people reach a deeper, more sophisticated understanding of the subject, the researchers found. Ms Julia Zavala, the study’s first author, said: “Envisioning opposing views leads to a more comprehensive examination of the issue. Moreover, it impacts how people understand knowledge — constructing opposing views leads them to regard knowledge less as fact and more as information that can
If you’ve never had to raise your children without the benefit of the electronic gadgetry, one can understand the panic the FAA’s ban on electronics is having on parents. The laptop & iPad ban endangers all travelers by preventing parents from entertaining melt-down prone toddlers on long international flights — Ian Brown (@igb) March 21, 2017 Have children ever flown on international flights before without the benefit of an iPad, for example? Has it ever been done? It has, the BBC is assuring people in the wake of the laptop
Just one cup a day is enough to reduce the risk. Drinking tea is linked to a dramatic reduction in the risk of cognitive impairment in older people, new research suggests. A single daily cup of tea reduces cognitive decline in those over 55 by 50%, the Chinese study found. Among those with a genetic susceptibility to Alzheimer’s, though, this risk reduction increased to 86%. It did not matter which type of tea people consumed: green, black or oolong. The only thing that mattered was that the tea was brewed
Last spring, a report found that 23 calls to the veteran’s crisis hotline went to voicemail. The Veteran’s Administration inspector general said he didn’t even know there was a voicemail system. Politicians said all the things you’d expect politicians to say. The VA said it was hiring additional staff to comply with the inspector general’s report. And then nothing really changed. The VA started having the unanswered calls roll over to a backup crisis center, not run by VA, and a new report, issued today, finds that a fourth of
Six months later, 80% had recovered from depression, researchers found. Rumination — thinking about the causes and consequences of depressing events — is common in depression. However, simply realising that you don’t have to ruminate can be liberating, new research suggests. When people learned to reduce how much they ruminated, 80% had recovered after six months (including 10 weeks of therapy). Professor Roger Hagen, who led the research, said: “Anxiety and depression give rise to difficult and painful negative thoughts. Many patients have thoughts of mistakes, past failures or other
Common drugs can give you a 5% better chance of winning at chess. Caffeine, modafinil and Ritalin can all make you better at chess, new research finds. The study shows that cognitive enhancers like these can boost performance even when someone is not tired. For the study 39 male chess players were given either caffeine, modafinil, Ritalin or a placebo. They then played time-limited games of chess against a powerful programme. Professor Klaus Lieb, who led the study, said: “We were surprised to see that players on the drugs played
People in the study slept better and their memory was boosted. Special sounds during sleep can improve sleep and boost memory, new research finds. The gentle sounds were timed to coincide with natural ‘brain waves’: the waves of electrical activity in the brain. People in the study were able to recall 26% more words they had learned after being exposed to the sounds during sleep. Dr Phyllis Zee, a study author, said: “This is an innovative, simple and safe non-medication approach that may help improve brain health. This is a
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