depression
- Eating disorders and body dissatisfaction is double in Muslim teenagers than in Christian, Spanish study finds
- Meditation beats dance for harmonizing body and mind
- Beyond tender loving care: "TLCs" promise health and happiness
- Broader psychological impact of 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill
- Mindfulness meditation training changes brain structure in eight weeks
- Why first impressions are so persistent
- Climbing Mount Everest: Noble adventure or selfish pursuit?
- Couples who delay having sex get benefits later, study suggests
- Diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder are lacking
- Conservationists explore relationship between religion and the environment
- Attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings may increase spirituality and help decrease frequency and intensity of alcohol use
- Prayer can help people handle difficult emotions, study suggests
- "Secret ingredient" in religion makes people happier
- Exposure to death and dying can have a positive impact, experts argue
- Pray tell: Americans stretching the truth about church attendance
- People who donate to religions are more likely to punish selfish behaviour, new study finds
- Non-religious people more loyal to particular corporate brands
- Prolonged maternal separation increases breast cancer risk in neonatal mice
- Positive well-being to higher telomerase: Psychological changes from meditation training linked to cellular health
- Would you sleep on a chunk of ice? Building your "experience resume"
- Unexplained childhood disorders
- Mindfulness meditation may ease fatigue, depression in multiple sclerosis
- Phantom limbs more common than previously thought
- Losing your religion may be unhealthy, research suggests
- Attitudes must change if we are to achieve a good death for all, say experts
- Perceived life-threat affects mental health, Swedish research finds finds
- Mindfulness meditation increases well-being in adolescent boys, study finds
- Generation X more loyal to religion
- Doctors" religious beliefs strongly influence end-of-life decisions, study finds
- Mothers abused by partners see decline in mental health even after relationship ends
- Did ancient coffee houses lay the groundwork for modern consumerism?
- For teens, early sex and media exposure not linked, analysis finds
- Men more likely to cheat if they are economically dependent on their female partners, study finds
- Brain study shows that thinking about God reduces distress -- but only for believers
- Healthy families, religious involvement buffer youth against risk factors related to drug abuse
- Meditation helps increase attention span
- Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans
- Anxiety may be at root of religious extremism, researchers find
- Experiencing different cultures enhances creativity
- Greater religiosity during adolescence may protect against developing problem alcohol use
- Sex, drugs and moral goals: Study of reproductive strategies and recreational drug use
- Meditation reduces the emotional impact of pain, study finds
- Brief meditative exercise helps cognition
- Materialistic people liked less by peers than "experiential" people
- Work pressures lower nicotine dependence, study finds
- Carbon dioxide may explain "near death experiences"
- Mindfulness meditation effective in Marriage and Family Therapy curriculum
- Brain waves and meditation
- Evolution of fairness and punishment
- Trauma of war doubles asthma risk among civilians