3 Factors Predict Mental Illness
The causes of psychiatric disorders are poorly understood. Now, in work led by researchers at McGill University, there is evidence that a...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 14, 2021
- 3 min
Why Sibling Aggression Differs
Structural differences in the area of the brain responsible for decision making could explain why two siblings living in the same family...
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Phil Harris
- Feb 24, 2021
- 3 min
ADHD & College Achievement
According to a 2017 UCLA study, students with ADHD make up about 6% of the college student population and represent the most common type...
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Phil Harris
- Jan 31, 2021
- 4 min
Perfect Diagnosis of ADHD
A new study led by a University at Buffalo researcher has identified how specific communication among different brain regions, known as...
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Phil Harris
- Jul 1, 2020
- 4 min
Roughhouse Play: The Stuff of Emotional Control
The golden rule of parenting is that roughhouse play always ends in tears. The rough and tumble of play fighting with dad however is...
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Phil Harris
- Apr 27, 2020
- 17 min
Personality Part I: The Research Base
I recently watched the Netflix documentary “Three Identical Strangers.” Without too much of a spoiler alert, triplets who were separated...
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Phil Harris
- Mar 6, 2020
- 2 min
Youth Offending: Excitement versus Skills
Offending in young people is deeply entwined with impulsive behavior and particular group norms. This is supported by a recent study...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 23, 2019
- 4 min
How Psychopaths Control Impulse
People with psychopathic traits are predisposed toward antisocial behavior that can result in "unsuccessful" outcomes such as...
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Phil Harris
- Sep 5, 2019
- 1 min
Mindfulness Does Not Improve Impulse Control
Mindfulness can be seen as a panacea for all things these these days. However, it needs to be subjected to more rigorous study in order...
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Phil Harris
- Aug 30, 2019
- 2 min
Poor Impulse Control Across Mental Health Disorders
Individuals with many different psychiatric disorders have a higher tendency to choose smaller, immediate rewards over larger, delayed...
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Phil Harris
- May 30, 2019
- 2 min
Poor Impulse Control Mapped in Young Women
Teenage girls with problematic social behavior display reduced brain activity and weaker connectivity between the brain regions...
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Phil Harris
- Dec 2, 2018
- 4 min
ADHD Gene Breakthrough
A major international collaboration headed by researchers from the Danish iPSYCH project, the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT,...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 21, 2018
- 3 min
Give Thanks to... Gratitude
The professional youth field is very focused on the idea of low self-esteem being a driver of so many of young people's problems. Young...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 15, 2018
- 1 min
A Revolution in Diagnosis of Mental Illness?
In lectures and training in mental health I stress how current psychiatric diagnosis is really a short-hand for the presenting signs and...
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Phil Harris
- Oct 5, 2018
- 2 min
More on Sleep and Adolescent Risk Taking
Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep at night for optimal health, according to sleep experts, yet more than 70 percent of high school...
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