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Findings from a longitudinal study from the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago suggest that choosing a job that brings meaning to one’s life may have more value than previously thought because a strong sense of purpose seems to slow the clinical effects of Alzheimer’s disease. As reported in The Atlantic ,

According to researchers at the University of Bergen in Norway, we are now dealing with a subdivision of Internet addiction connected to social media, and Facebook is one of the main culprits. The university’s Facebook Addiction project, headed by Cecilie Schou Andreassen, says certain types of people are at greater

Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has come under intense scrutiny from Congress (as well as the American Counseling Association) for failing to institute steps that would improve mental health access for veterans. One such step would be to hire counselors as mental health clinicians within veterans hospitals, facilities

According to research from the University of Warwick, people often misjudge the severity of their depression and anxiety by trying to “rank” their struggles in relation to those of friends, family and the rest of the world. This is cause for concern because these comparisons can lead to missed or false

Transitional events ranging in severity from abuse to changing schools can trigger eating disorders such as anorexia or bulimia, according to recent research from the University of Minnesota. The researchers spoke with 27 participants – 26 women and one man – between the ages of 17 and 64 who were receiving

Obese women are more likely to be discriminated against when applying for jobs and receive lower wages than their thinner counterparts, suggests new research published in the International Journal of Obesity. The study used the universal measure of bias (UMB), which measures anti-fat prejudice, to see if it could predict job

New research from Vanderbilt University suggests that how hardworking a person is might depend on which area of the brain the neurotransmitter dopamine is concentrated. “Past studies in rats have shown that dopamine is crucial for reward motivation,” said researcher Michael Treadway, “but this study provides new information about how

American Counseling Association President Don W. Locke has sent a letter providing feedback on the draft revision of the ASCA National Model. Based on input from the ACA School Counseling Task Force, the letter praises the model for advancing school counseling but disagrees with its tenet that providing individual counseling