Psychology related news

VNS for Depression ?New?? No, But Don?t Tell Wired

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a unique treatment used to treat a very small minority (less than 1%) of patients with epilepsy and depression.

Happiness Is a Beach, Sometimes

Beat the blues with or without the beach.

Sunny Days and Tips for Waiters

How weather influences tipping behavior.

The Winning Edge

The Psychiatrists Are Meeting

It’s mid-May, so it must be time for the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, or as we like to call them, the “little APA” (because it has one-third the membership of the American Psychological Association).

Babies Can Tell When You Switch Languages By Watching Your Face

Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada have shown that at four months babies can tell when a person switches to a different language just by watching their face.

New Study Analyses Explore Once-Daily Seroquel XR? Extended-Release Profile As A Treatment For Schizophrenia

AstraZeneca announced that two analyses from a large-scale study that investigated the efficacy of SEROQUEL XR? (quetiapine fumarate) Extended-Release Tablets, a once-daily medicine for the treatment of schizophrenia in adult patients, were presented today at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA).

Debate Over The Importance Of Self-Esteem, From The Harvard Mental Health Letter

Many regard heightened self- esteem as a worthy aim, but others worry that its significance and value are overrated, reports the June 2007 issue of the Harvard Mental Health Letter.

Never Jump To Conclusions

Over the past, jumping to conclusions, especially the wrong ones, has cost me so much.

Revealing The Origins Of Morality -- Good And Evil, Liberal And Conservative