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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

Do you have trouble fully committing to a decision, whether it’s choosing a new pair of shoes or a restaurant for dinner, and then end up feeling unsatisfied after finally choosing? Florida State University researchers would call you a “maximizer,” — they would also say that this inability to commit

Upon entering their freshman year of college, students might be prepared for certain health crises, whether involving a broken bone or too much alcohol. But sometimes, the stress of school can trigger problems that go beyond the physical. As a way to raise awareness of these problems and help students

We don’t typically begin serious, romantic relationships until adulthood, but a newly published study in Current Directions in Psychological Science discovered that the foundations for a person’s ability to love begin to form much earlier than that. “Your interpersonal experiences with your mother during the first 12 to 18 months