Previous studies have shown that alcoholism can run in families, but new research from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden has found that stressful situations can increase the likelihood that children of alcoholics will drink. The researchers divided participants into groups on the basis of whether they came from a
Month: September 2011
According to a study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, the number of self-reported mental illnesses among the non-elderly in the United States is increasing. Researcher Ramin Mojtabai analyzed data from the U.S. National Health Interview Survey, which involved 312,364 adults between the ages of 18 and 64.
Sometimes it feels like old habits die hard, but researchers from the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry say people still have the capacity to change later in life. Their new study reveals that brain wiring continues well into a person’s late 20s rather than stopping at adolescence as
Counseling Today’s October cover story delves into the evolving relationship between counseling, technology and social media, and how many counselors have begun to integrate these things tools into their practices. A Sept. 23 New York Times article expands this topic to
The wisdom behind sending your child to a same-sex school might be that by keeping them away from members of the opposite sex, they won’t get distracted from their studies as easily. However, a newly published study discovered that children who studied in sex-segregated schools weren’t any better educated than
When given the choice, people tend to make friends with those who share the same interests and values as they do. But does that mean these relationships are closer than those formed by individuals who don’t have as much in common? Not necessarily, according to a University of Kansas study. For
Going through a divorce without any emotional scars might seem impossible, but University of Arizona researchers say the key is possessing self-compassion. The researchers interviewed recently divorced people with an average age of 40 who had been married for longer than 13 years. The researchers found that participants with high levels
A new study suggests there might be a link between psychological stress and the aggressiveness of breast cancer. Researchers say the tumor growth is especially rapid among African American and Hispanic populations. The study was presented at the fourth annual American Association for Cancer Research Conference on the Science of Cancer
The most effective way to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) in children and teens is through a mixture of drug treatment and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), according to emerging research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. The study, published in the Sept. 21 issue of the Journal of the American
A balanced, healthy diet full of fruits and vegetables is important for teenagers for reasons that go beyond maintaining their waistlines, say Australian researchers. A new study shows that a poor diet is linked to mental health problems in adolescents. Researchers from Deakin University surveyed 3,000 Australians between the ages of