Wake up, doc: Lack of sleep affects young doctors just like alcohol does
...medical tasks," says J. Todd Arnedt, Ph.D. a sleep psychologist who is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the U-M Medical School. "The regulations in place that limit the number of hours residents can work each week on average are a good initial step, but the solution to the problem is...Heredity plays big role in heart disease risk factors
...ces," says Dr. Catherine L. Davis, clinical health psychologist at the Medical College of Georgia. Coronary artery disease rates in the United States are similar or lower in blacks yet blacks have higher mortality rates. Dr. Davis and her colleagues at MCG's Georgia Prevention Institute examined heritability - t...A recipe for overeating: Studies outline dangers of mixing stress, deprivation and tempting foods
... a buffet line. In another key study, neuroscience psychologist Mary Boggiano, PhD, and her colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham focused on the regulatory role of the brain's opioid system. Opioids or endorphins (the brain's "feel good chemicals") play a key role in our liking of food. Yet exte...Children in car crashes should be monitored for acute stress symptoms, whether injured or not
...s Chiara Baxt, Ph.D., a co-author on the study and psychologist on the research team. "We found that the disruption a crash causes in the lives of parents was a predictor that the parents especially could suffer from symptoms of traumatic stress." Having a child recovering from an injury, having a vehicle so da...Mildly depressed people more perceptive than others
...om clinical depression is a controversial one, the psychologist adds. Although it is often viewed as a continuum, she believes that depression may also contain thresholds such as the one identified in this study. "Once you pass the threshold, you're into something very different," she says....Internet may aid in treating panic sufferers
...r have an initial face-to-face consultation with a psychologist and are then in regular email contact with the therapist. Project Co-ordinator, Dr Litza Kiropoulos, said the results supported a new method of treatment for sufferers of panic disorder that was convenient and flexible to people throughout Australia....Johns Hopkins study suggests link between caffeine dependence and family history of alcoholism
...c interviews were conducted by a licensed clinical psychologist between the second and third questionnaire assessments. The interviews required 60 to 90 minutes and consisted of the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R (SCID, axis I) and the Family Alcohol and Drug Survey. The SCID is a reliable and valid ...Team care more cost-effective than usual care for depression
...fe Depression), features a nurse, social worker or psychologist serving as a depression care manager who works with the primary care physician and a consulting psychiatrist to care for depressed patients in primary care clinics. Previous studies have shown the IMPACT program to provide powerful health benefits, i...Digestive problems may impede overweight people from exercising
...ity and exercise still need to be determined, said psychologist Rona Levy, lead author of the study and a Universi...nesota School of Public Health, Michael Crowell, a psychologist at the Mayo Clinic and. Kayla Feld of a Harvard University student....Parents of children with cancer suffer post-traumatic stress symptoms, both immediate and lingering
...toms in reaction to their children's cancer," said psychologist Melissa A. Alderfer, Ph.D., a corresponding author of the second study. "Parents need to take care of themselves, so they can be more helpful to their children." In an editorial accompanying the Journal of Clinical Oncology study, Sharon Manne of the...Toward the future of cancer prevention
...ique in the United States, says its chair clinical psychologist Ellen R. Gritz, Ph.D. "It is a fully established department, with resources and faculty, as opposed to a program, which many cancer centers have." This department "focuses on the human side of cancer - the continuum from risk behaviors that ca...Teen daughters of parents with HIV have higher childbearing rate
...eligious services, counseling with a psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker. Over the course of the study, 101 of the young women had one or more children. In the intervention group, 28 (38 percent) of the adolescents had one or more children compared with 73 (67 percent) of adolescents in the noninterventi...NYU Child Study Center expert co-authors 'Who Invented Lemonade?'
...ood Disorders at the NYU Child Study Center. "As a psychologist it has become clear to me that positive thinking is at the heart of happiness," said Alexandra Barzvi, Ph.D. "There are many things in this world we can't control, but our thoughts are not one of them. In fact, how we think directly effects how we f...Practice makes deadly perfection, FSU suicide researcher says
... book is based on his own experience as a clinical psychologist as well as studies that he and other researchers have conducted, the book is also personal. Joiner was a graduate student when his father took his own life - an event that came as a shock to his family and friends. But Joiner now understands why it h...The science of tickling (ourselves) is no laughing matter, Queen's psychologist says
...tickling oneself reduces its impact, says Queen's psychologist Dr. Randy Flanagan, a member of the university's Centre for Neuroscience Studies. This is evidence of an important human adaptation that helps us interact with objects in our environment. An expert in eye/hand movement, Dr. Flanagan is part of an in...Stress and emotions can negatively effect heart health
...duce and manage them. Seeing a professional like a psychologist to learn to manage stress is helpful not only for ...se issues with your heart doctor. It may be that a psychologist working in collaboration with your physician would be beneficial. Enlist the support of friends, fa...The Emotional First Aid + Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariatric Surgery
...ery by Cynthia Alexander, PsyD. Dr. Alexander is a psychologist with the Cleveland Clinic in Weston, Florida. "The Emotional First Aid Kit is written specifically for weight loss surgery candidates and patients to teach them the psychological tricks of the trade that will help make their weight loss surgery jou...Problems at World Anti-Doping Agency will 'drive innocent athletes out of sport'
...n Diego State University, a four-time Olympic Team psychologist for Canada, who co-wrote the article with Max Jones, a multiple age-group world-record holding runner who has studied the drugs in sport movement. "The actions and scope of WADA are causes for grave concern for the anti-drugs in sport movement. It is...Experts question prevalent stereotypes about autism
... literature since then, says Gernsbacher. When the psychologist began delving into the question, however, she found that scientists usually ascertain how well individuals perceive the mind with tasks that require a relatively sophisticated level of linguistic ability. Since a common diagnostic criteria for autism...Great (taste) expectations: Study shows brain anticipates taste, shifts gears
...gs. For Nitschke, who also practices as a clinical psychologist specializing in the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders, the new detailed insights into the power of anticipation could lead to better treatments for such conditions. "The placebo operates through expectancy. In this study, we've taken the ...