Month: December 2011

Living with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) can be an ongoing challenge. Because there is no cure for the disorder, those with it must learn to cope however they can, whether it’s with therapy, drugs or other methods. But for one Oakland artist, living with OCD has actually helped him with his

If you’re stuck in a bind and need someone’s help, you should cross your fingers that the first person you come across is a humble one. According to newly published research in the Journal of Positive Psychology, people who are humble are more likely to help others than those who

Newly released results from a study by Penn State, Syracuse and Drexel University researchers revealed that women suffering from celiac disease, an autoimmune disease in which the body reacts negatively to gluten products, are more likely to be depressed and more likely to be disordered eaters even if they keep

Recent studies have found that the mental health of a child’s mother can impact whether children become depressed or anxious or whether they develop childhood asthma. But a new study from Ohio State University reveals that the emotional quality of children’s relationships with their moms could also have an impact

When students leave home to go away to college, it can be months before their parents see them again. And this time away, mixed with the various stressors that can occur while at school, can make it easy for serious mental health problems to go unseen, especially depression. This is what

The lawyers representing financier R. Allen Stanford are asserting that their client is not mentally competent to stand trial for running a $7 billion Ponzi scheme that he is accused of running. As The New York Times reports, Stanford’s lawyers are claiming that between an addiction to anti-anxiety medicine and

One of the stereotypical images of a sad person, whether they’ve just been dumped or they’ve had a tough day, is that of someone simultaneously reaching for tissues and a giant carton of Haagen Daz. And it appears to be more truth than fiction. A new study appearing in the

A new study from the United States Air Force found that almost half of drone aircraft operators report high amounts of stress from their jobs. However, the operators’ stress is actually from the long hours and constant shift changes, not from the work that they are doing. Drone operators are

When a person goes through a difficult experience, hearing the adage “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” can sometimes seem less than comforting. But University of Buffalo researchers found that when it comes to traumatic events like the death of someone close, an assault or a natural disaster, it