Older adults’ abstract reasoning ability predicts depressive symptoms over time
Age-related declines in abstract reasoning ability predict increasing depressive symptoms in subsequent years, according to data from a longitudinal study
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Parents put nature in the shopping basket
In a world of vast consumer choice, ambiguous product descriptions and self-appointed experts, parents face a minefield when picking out
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Is big-city living eroding our desire to be nice?
A new study by University of Miami psychology researchers of anonymous interactions suggests that humans switch off their automatic inclination
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Aerobic exercise has antidepressant treatment effects
An analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials indicates that supervised aerobic exercise has large antidepressant treatment effects for patients with
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Postnatal depression could be linked to fewer daylight hours during late pregnancy: Shortening days during third trimester of pregnancy may add to risk of postpartum depression
Women in late pregnancy during darker months of the year may have a greater risk of developing postpartum depression once
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Conditional release programs often work for criminally insane
After being found not guilty by reason of insanity, it’s not typically a crime — rather declining mental health or
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Call for a unified approach to preventing suicides and other self-injury deaths: Study showed the rising rate of estimated self-injury mortality reached 24 deaths per 100,000 people, matching mortality from diabetes.
Self-injury mortality (SIM), a composite of all methods of suicide and estimated non-suicide deaths from drug self-intoxication, has surpassed diabetes
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PTSD rate among prison employees equals that of war veterans
Prison employees experience PTSD on par with Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, a new study from a Washington State University
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