Ever intrigued by the concept of laughter as alliance and power, I was interested to read this recent study that showed babies can detect...

With a weak alternating electrical current sent through electrodes attached to the scalp, UNC School of Medicine researchers successfully...

Identity formation is a major developmental task in adolescence but continues throughout adulthood. Significant individual differences,...

Vivid dreams involving drinking and drug use are common among individuals in recovery. A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital...

Humans are unusual in that women go through menopause and stop reproducing long before reaching the end of their life expectancy. This is...

Women's hormonal cycles may not only make them more prone to drug addiction but also more affected by triggers that lead to relapse, a...

Yesterday I was training in Sheffield (hi everyone, a great two days!). We were looking at the use of Teris for reducing intrusive...

Anyone who regularly reads my blog entries will know my interest in the psychology of political thinking. If you have an interest in...

Whilst it is a widely held view that depression is the result of life events alone, this model fails to recognize that these events are...

In discussing interventions such as Motivational Interviewing, I always draw attention to the "music" of statements. It is not simply...

Babies are not blank slates. They come with a lot of pre-programming that is awaiting activation. A great example of this is language. ...

After one night of inadequate sleep, brain activity ramps up in pain-sensing regions while activity is scaled back in areas responsible...

I get asked about the issue of self-disclosure a lot in training. It is one of those difficult grey areas where people are never sure of...

There is a widely held myth in community services that impatient services, such as detox and rehab are ineffective. Only recently I read...

Technology is changing all our lives and reaches into every aspect of human behavior. This has not only led to the development of new...

The needs of trans gendered populations are rarely explored in the wider research base on addictions. Findings have produced a great...

Now new data by UTSA shows how the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine changes when working for cocaine. Our brains naturally...

I have suggested for sometime that the primary goal of getting as many young people as possible into higher education would not solve...

A behavioral intervention procedure including the computer game Tetris could help people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to...

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, have found...