Psychology & Psychiatry Journal back issues from April 2009:
New biological controls study results reported from Department of Agriculture.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "Fire ant decapitating flies in the genus Pseudacteon were tested for their potential as hosts or vectors of two microsporidian pathogens of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta. Decapitating flies that attacked or were reared from S. invicta workers infected by Kneallhazia ...
Investigators at Gaziantep University publish new data on psychiatry in clinical practice.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency of childhood traumatic events, to investigate its relationship with dissociation and other psychiatric symptoms and to examine the potential effect of family functioning on dissociative symptoms and general psychopathology in a ...
Researchers from University of Newcastle report on findings in behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United Kingdom, "Animals sample sensory stimuli for longer periods when they must perform difficult discrimination tasks, implying that the brain's ability to represent stimuli improves as a function of time. Although it is true in other senses, few ...
Recent findings from Washington University, Medical Department highlight research in psychology.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "Few genetically informative studies have examined the effects of different types of trauma on risk for depression over time. The aim of the present study was to examine the relative contributions over time of assaultive trauma, non-assaultive trauma, and familial effects to risk for ...
Researchers from University of Cyprus provide details of new studies and findings in the area of behavior research.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "This study investigated the desensitization to violence over a short period of time. Participants watched nine violent movie scenes and nine comedy scenes, and reported whether they enjoyed the violent or comedy scenes and whether they felt sympathetic toward the victim of violence," ...
Findings from M.M. Holi and co-authors broaden understanding of psychiatry.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "Accurate assessment of suicidality is of major importance. We aimed to evaluate trained clinicians' ability to assess suicidality against a structured assessment made by trained raters," scientists writing in the journal BMC Psychiatry report. "Treating clinicians classified ...
Data on general psychiatry detailed by researchers at University of Otago.(Clinical report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "There has been a great deal of research on the comorbidity between alcohol abuse or dependence (AAD) and major depression (MD). However, it is unclear whether AAD increases the risk of MD or vice versa," scientists writing in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry report. ...
Psychologists' study finds TV ratings for kids' shows don't reflect aggressive content.
Apr 04, 2009 ... A new study by psychologists from Iowa State University and Linfield (Ore.) College has found that TV ratings don't accurately reflect the aggressive content found in shows popular among children -- even cartoons. Jennifer Linder, associate professor of psychology at Linfield; ...
Music tuition can help children improve reading skills.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC (16 March 2009) -- Children exposed to a multi-year programme of music tuition involving training in increasingly complex rhythmic, tonal, and practical skills display superior cognitive performance in reading skills compared with ...
70 percent of drug-addicted men admit they consume drugs to increase their sexual pleasure.
Apr 04, 2009 ... This release is available in Spanish. 72.28 per cent of drug addict men admit to have consumed drugs to be able to have sexual relations and most of them (58%) choose cocaine to this purpose, the narcotic which increases the most sexual incapacitation. On the other hand, only ...
U of I study: When a violent marriage ends, is co-parenting possible?
Apr 04, 2009 ... When a marriage that has included violence ends, is co-parenting possible? It depends on whether intimate terrorism or situational violence was involved, says a new University of Illinois study published in Family Relations. "There's a tendency to treat all violence as if it's ...
Report warns of jury service 'trauma'.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... A new report by psychologists at the University of Leicester warns of the dangers of jurors facing trauma because of their exposure to harrowing and gruesome evidence. In the first study of its kind, the research highlights how women jurors are more vulnerable, particularly if ...
Children who are dissatisfied with their appearance often have problems with their peer group.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Being satisfied with one's appearance is one of the most important prerequisites for a positive self image. However, in today's appearance culture it is the rule rather than the exception that children and young people are dissatisfied with their appearance. Those children who ...
Supportive co-parenting may reduce some child behavior problems.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Warm, cooperative co-parenting between mothers and fathers may help protect children who are at risk for some types of behavior problems, a new study suggests. Researchers found that supportive co-parenting helped children who have difficulty regulating their behavior and ...
New research shows that workplace discrimination increases in times of economic turmoil.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... When the economy worsens, what happens to diversity programs and affirmative action policies in the workplace? New research by Eden King, assistant professor of psychology at George Mason University, suggests that workplace discrimination can actually increase when people feel ...
Perceived barriers prevent Mexican-American students from pursuing education, MU researcher finds.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Only 57 percent of Mexican-American students graduate from high school, and 11 percent receive college degrees, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In a new study, a University of Missouri researcher found that perceived educational barriers significantly predicted Mexican-American ...
Use of religious coping associated with receiving intensive medical care near death.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Patients with advanced cancer who used their religious faith to help cope were more likely to receive intensive life-prolonging medical care such as mechanical ventilation or cardiopulmonary resuscitation during their last week of life, according to a study in the March 18 issue of JAMA. ...
Tom Farris Appointed President of Claremont EAP; Founder Bjornson Shifts Focus to Claremont Partners.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Tom Farris, PhD, has been appointed president of Claremont EAP, announced Thomas A. Bjornson, chairman and founder of Claremont EAP. Bjornson previously held the title, but is now devoting his time to a new company, Claremont Partners. In his enhanced role at Claremont EAP, ...
Ashford University Adds Sociology and Child Development Minors and Specializations to Academic Offerings.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Ashford University (AU) has announced the introduction of sociology and child development minors and specializations through AU's College of Social Science and College of Education. These additions are part of the university's plan to increase study options and professional opportunities ...
Researchers at University of Nebraska release new data on behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "Recent research examining Pavlovian appetitive conditioning has extended the associative properties of nicotine from the unconditioned stimulus or reward to include the role of a conditional stimulus (CS), capable of acquiring the ability to evoke a conditioned response. To date, ...
Lowe's Leads First Wave of Companies Partnering With Express Scripts to Apply Behavioral Economics to Healthcare.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Lowe's, the second-largest home improvement retailer in the world, is among more than two dozen companies on track to save millions in 2009 through a pilot program with pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX). One of the first marketplace innovations to apply behavioral ...
New psychiatry in clinical practice study results reported from University of Bristol.(Clinical report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice, "Sleep disturbance is a common feature of depression. Symptoms often persist after treatment of the depressive episode, representing a risk factor for relapse." "There is a ...
Unity Bank Elects Mary E. Gross as Board Member.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Unity Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UNTY), parent company of Unity Bank, announced that Unity Bank's Board of Directors elected Mary E. Gross. to the Board of the Bank. Ms. Gross is a partner and founder of Human Edge Resources, LLC, a management and human resources consulting firm. She is also ...
Sports Concussions: Common and Preventable.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Sports and recreation related concussions impact an estimated 1.6 to 3.8 million individuals in the U.S. each year according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a blow or jolt to the head and ...
Studies from Cornell University describe new findings in behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Sensory representations depend strongly on the descending regulation of perceptual processing. Generalization among similar stimuli is a fundamental cognitive process that defines the extent of the variance in physical stimulus ...
Studies conducted at L.D. Miller et al on psychiatry recently published.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Statewide consumer networks (SCNs) that provide direct services, advocacy, and technical assistance to smaller consumer-operated services have emerged over the past 15 years." "As states seek to include the ''consumer ...
Findings from M. Jayaram and co-researchers advance knowledge in psychiatry.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "Non-attendance rates in psychiatric outpatient clinics have been a topic of considerable interest. It is measured as an indicator of quality of service provision," scientists writing in the journal BMC Psychiatry report. "Failed attendances add to the cost of care as well as ...
Reports from Cornell University advance knowledge in psychiatry.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "The authors examined the association of treatment preferences with treatment initiation, adherence, and clinical outcome among nonsenior adult and senior primary care patients with depression. Sixty primary care participants meeting DSM-IV criteria for major depression were randomly ...
Studies from University of Lyon provide new data on behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Bron, France, "The modulatory role of the cerebellum was investigated in a case with rhombencephalosynapsis (RS), a rare dysplasia characterized by the absence of the cerebellar vermis. The visual psychophysical task involved localizing a target and ...
Heart Disease: an Epidemic for Firefighters.
Apr 04, 2009 ... H. Robert Superko, MD, principal investigator in the landmark FEMA-sponsored study of firefighters aged 40 and over conducted at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Atlanta, released preliminary findings in the world's first study of first responders at risk of suffering sudden death or other ...
Recent studies by R. Simon and co-authors add new data to psychiatry findings.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "There is a long-standing belief that patients with depression and suicidal tendencies are particularly vulnerable to suicide when their depression shows signs of improvement. The authors discuss the clinical challenges of distinguishing real ...
'Comfort' Now Available to Caregivers of Ohio's Seriously-Ill Children.
Apr 04, 2009 ... Help is now just a phone call away for parents, pediatricians, home care and hospice nurses and other medical professionals caring for any child in Ohio with a life-threatening, chronic, rare or complex illness. The Comfort Line is a medical advice and referral service provided ...
OptumHealth Ranks as Largest Behavioral Health Provider According to Psychotherapy Finances.
Apr 04, 2009 ... For the second consecutive year, OptumHealth Inc. has been ranked by Psychotherapy Finances as the nationEs largest provider of mental health and substance use treatment services, based on the number of total lives covered by its services. A survey conducted by the magazine and published ...
New behavioral neuroscience study results from I. Fedorova et al described.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "In this study, the authors demonstrate that rats with n-3 fatty acid deficiency display spatial learning deficits in the Barnes circular maze. Dams were deprived of n-3 fatty acids during pregnancy and lactation, and their offspring were weaned to the same deficient diet," scientists ...
Investigators at University of Delaware have published new data on behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Two experiments examined the effect of the noncompetitive NMDA receptor antagonist, dizocilpine maleate (MK-801), on spatial working memory during development. Rats were trained on spatial delayed alternation (SDA) in a T-maze after ip ...
Studies from University of New South Wales have provided new data on behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from Sydney, Australia, "Six experiments studied the role of GABA(A) receptor activation in expression of overexpectation of Pavlovian fear conditioning. After separate pairings of CSA and CSB with shock in Stage I, rats received pairings of the compound AB with shock ...
Research from R. Yoshimura et al has provided new information about psychiatry in clinical practice.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "In the present study, we compared the plasma levels of the active moiety (i.e. risperidone plus 9-hydroxyrisperidone) in a steady state in 54 Japanese schizophrenic patients with or without emerging extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS and non-EPS groups, respectively) who were treated with 4 ...
New behavioral neuroscience study findings have been reported by scientists at University of California.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "In previous studies the cerebellar interpositus (IP) nucleus, but not the hippocampus, was shown to be necessary both for initial learning and retention and for long-term retention of the standard delay eyeblink conditioned response ...
New behavioral neuroscience research from University of New South Wales discussed.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from Sydney, Australia, "The present experiment was aimed at characterizing the timing of conditioned nictitating membrane (NM) movements as function of the interstimulus interval (ISI) in delay conditioning for rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Onset latency ...
New findings in behavioral neuroscience described from University of Kansas.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... "The role of the cerebellar cortex in eyeblink classical conditioning remains unclear. Experimental manipulations that disrupt the normal function impair learning to various degrees, and task parameters may be important factors in determining the severity of impairment," investigators in ...
Study findings from American University broaden understanding of behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "Fischer and Lewis rat strains often serve as animal vulnerability models for drug abuse and addiction. When these strains respond for drugs of abuse, several measures, including total drug intake, response rate and progressive-ratio breakpoints, have been reported to be strain-dependent, ...
Research from University of Ghent in the area of behavioral neuroscience described.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "The hippocampus (HC) has been suggested to play a role in transitive inference (TI) on an ordered sequence of stimuli. However, it has remained unclear whether HC is involved in the expression of TI, or rather contributes to TI through its role in the acquisition of the sequence of ...
Data on behavioral neuroscience discussed by researchers at State University of New York.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Although the temporal characteristics of neural responses have been proposed as a mechanism for sensory neural coding, there has been little evidence thus far that this type of information is actually used by the nervous system. Here the ...
New behavioral neuroscience research reported from Texas Christian University.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Posttrial administration of corticosterone was previously shown to enhance Consummatory successive negative contrast (cSNC) in rats." "The present series of experiments provides additional information that helps determine the ...
CogniFit Harnesses the Power of Personalization with New CogniFit Personal Coach Brain Fitness Training Program.
Apr 04, 2009 ... CogniFit[R], Ltd., a leading producer of personalized brain fitness programs, announced the release of CogniFit Personal CoachO, an online brain fitness training program, at the Aging in America (ASA) Conference. CogniFit Personal Coach provides scientifically proven, personalized ...
University of Mississippi Medical Center details research in behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "The current study examined possible interactions between genetic factors and prolonged drug access by testing the Fischer (F344), Lewis (LEW), and Wistar rat strains in a prolonged access cocaine self-administration (SA) procedure. Before prolonged access, the strains did not differ in ...
Studies from State University of New York have provided new data on behavioral neuroscience.(Report)
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Heterogeneous rat strains appear to be particularly sensitive to the sedative effects of ethanol as adults and insensitive to ethanol's stimulant effects. Recently, the authors found that ethanol induces stimulant effects in preweanling ...
Researchers from Cardiff University publish findings in behavioral neuroscience.
Apr 04, 2009 ... According to recent research published in the journal Behavioral Neuroscience, "The present study examines 2 factors that might moderate the object-recognition deficit seen after perirhinal cortex damage. Object recognition by normal rats was improved by extending (from 4 to 8 min) the ...
Studies from University of Illinois in the area of behavioral neuroscience described.
Apr 04, 2009 ... "The present experiment examined the influence of insular cortex (IC) lesions on the intake of a taste stimulus in a consummatory procedure that used morphine as the unconditioned stimulus," researchers in the United States report. "In normal rats, morphine caused a rapid ...
New behavioral development study findings have been published by scientists at University of Hawaii.
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "This paper reports on two exploratory studies of situations that elicit shyness in Mainland Chinese children." "In Study 1 (N = 100; M-age = 10.42) interviews with Chinese children identified three kinds of shyness-eliciting ...
New findings from Concordia University in the area of developmental psychology described.(Report)
Apr 11, 2009 ... "This study examined siblings' teaching strategies in 72 dyads (firstborn and second born, M ages = 81.64 and 56.31 months) as a function of dyad age, age gap between siblings, and teacher birth order. One child per dyad was randomly assigned to teach her or his sibling to construct a ...
Research reports from R.J. Krebs and co-authors provide new insights into sport psychology.
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to recent research from Florianopolis, Brazil, "The objective of this paper is to discuss the process of building the Bioecological Theory of Human Development, with emphasis on its four components: proximal processes, biopsychological characteristics of a developing person, the ...
New findings in applied psychology described by T. Debenest and co-researchers.
Apr 11, 2009 ... "A new cell primo-culture method was developed for the benthic diatom community isolated from biofilm sampled in rivers. The approach comprised three steps: (1) scraping biofilm from river pebbles, (2) diatom isolation from biofilm, and (3) diatom community culture," scientists in ...
Researchers at Victoria University have published new data on behavior research.
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to recent research from Wellington, New Zealand, "Philanthropy has received increased attention in recent years and is an important focus for social theorists concerned with discourse." "The authors argue that the transformative potential of philanthropy-its potential ...
Research from D.W. Hine and co-researchers yields new findings on applied social psychology.
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to a study from Armidale, Australia, "Hierarchical linear modeling (HLM) is introduced as a new tool for investigating decision making in commons dilemmas." "University undergraduates (N = 171) managed a virtual fishery, with 2 computer-simulated fishers, over 60 ...
Studies from University of Twente describe new findings in psychology.
Apr 11, 2009 ... "Response times on test items are easily collected in modern computerized testing. When collecting both (binary) responses and (continuous) response times on test items, it is possible to measure the accuracy and speed of test takers," scientists writing in the journal Psychometrika ...
Research conducted at J. Coggins and co-authors has provided new information about clinical psychology.(Report)
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United Kingdom, "In recent years, emotional inhibition (EI) has come to be regarded as an important transdiagnostic concept within cognitive-behavioural theories/therapies. However, there is still a paucity of empirical knowledge on understanding EI's ...
New findings from S. Martens and co-researchers in the area of experimental psychology described.
Apr 11, 2009 ... "The human mind is severely limited in processing concurrent information at a conscious level of awareness. These temporal restrictions are clearly reflected in the attentional blink (AB), a deficit in reporting the second of two targets when it occurs 200-500 ms after the first," ...
Research from George Mason University in the area of organizational psychology described.(Report)
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "This study investigated whether the relationships between positive (PA) and negative affect (NA) and job satisfaction (JS) differ as a function of the satisfaction measure being primarily affective or cognitive in nature. Subject matter ...
Data from University of Arizona advance knowledge in family process.
Apr 11, 2009 ... "Couples in which one or both partners smoked despite one of them having a heart or lung problem discussed a health-related disagreement before and during a period of laboratory smoking. Immediately afterwards, the partners in these 25 couples used independent joysticks to recall their ...
New interpersonal violence data have been reported by C.B. Cunradi and co-authors.(Report)
Apr 11, 2009 ... "This study assessed agreement level about the occurrence of past-year male-to-female partner violence (MFPV) and female-to-male partner violence (FMPV) among a sample of 897 blue-collar couples. Intimate partner violence (IPV) was measured with the Physical Assault subscale of the revised ...
Research on social psychology discussed by scientists at University of British Columbia.(Report)
Apr 11, 2009 ... "Much recent research suggests that North Americans more frequently experience approach motivations and East Asians more frequently experience avoidance motivations. The current research explores some cognitive implications of this cultural difference," investigators in Vancouver, Canada ...
New psychiatry study findings have been reported from University of Texas.(Report)
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to recent research from the United States, "The authors examined whether initial assignment to receive placebo for 12 weeks followed by open active treatment as clinically indicated was associated with different levels of benefit and risk of harm across 36 weeks as compared with ...
Data on reproductive and infant psychology described by K.E. Goodall et al.(Report)
Apr 11, 2009 ... "This study explored mothers' perceptions of the influences of health professionals (GPs, midwives and consultants) on decisions as to mode of delivery of second children, following a previous Caesarean section (CS). Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 pregnant ...
Data on sexuality reported by researchers at San Diego State University.
Apr 11, 2009 ... According to a study from the United States, "Characters break the fourth wall on television when they speak directly to the camera." "Using a stratified random sample of one episode of every situation comedy, drama, and reality program airing on the five broadcast networks in ...