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Adverse Childhood Experiences and its lifelong consequences

... that can have negative and lasting effects on both the health and the well-being of the child (Felitti et al., 1998). These ... volume in women victimized by childhood sexual abuse. Psychological medicine, 27 , 951-959. Teicher, M. H., Ito, Y., Glod, C. ... / more

Selfie-Esteem: The Relationship Between Body Dissatisfaction and Social Media in Adolescent and Young Women

... (3) increased accessibility and widening access to health information, (4) peer, social, emotional support, (5) public health surveillance, and (6) potential to influence health policy” (Moorhead ... of experimental and correlational studies.  Psychological Bulletin, 134 , 460-476. Holland, G., & Tiggemann, M. ... / more

Invoking Pocahontas: An act of racism disguised as politics

... First, forced sterilizations were carried out by the Indian Health Service in the 1970s. Research estimates one in four American Indian ... and discrimination . Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. [10] Fryberg, S.A., Markus, H.R., Oyserman, ... / more

Improving the Disclosure of Information in an Investigative Interview: Rapport building and the Physical Environment

... between the interviewee and the investigators. Social psychological research suggests that the environment can also help in creating ... has been examined in other fields, such as in counseling and health-care settings. Similar to an investigative interview scenario, the ... / more

Does social media usage really make people miserable? Fact-checking claims about the psychology of Facebook

... product itself, focusing on users’ well-being and psychological health . Specifically, some political commentators are making somewhat ... / more

Bad day? How it can seem even worse for some

... often believe that if they aren’t diagnosed with a mental health disorder then they are safe from the consequences that come along with ... biased views of the world can potentially manifest into psychological issues.  Fortunately, there are treatments available to reduce ... / more

Fake Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Costs Real Money

... a psychiatric clinic and claim that you suffer from severe psychological consequences of trauma exposure, do you think they would know ... Eventually, this may jeopardize the legitimacy of health care funding for patients with genuine problems (Poyner, 2010). On the ... / more

Demystifying Mental Health...On the Radio! An interview with podcast host Hillary McBride

... McBride and her clients want to help demystify mental health. No actors. No auditions. No artifice. In-Mind sat down with ... code of ethics if you will here in Canada. So the Canadian Psychological Association - quite like the American Psychological Associations ... / more

Chemical or Financial Imbalances? Mental Health, Income Inequality & American Culture

... of biological solutions (i.e., psychotropic medication). Psychological disorder however, may manifest via financial and social ... and their relationships with income inequality and mental health. In American culture, the inherent values are winner-take-all, ... / more

White lies and black lies: What they have in common and how they differ

... the response. Such a response bias can distort responses to health surveys, public policy questionnaires, or eyewitness interrogations; in ... is more beneficial. Surprisingly however, this is not what psychological research finds. People seem to cheat equally often when both high ... / more