As part of an ongoing series of blog articles, the role of laughter appears once again in an interesting article in the Conversation. It...

A large scale study has found that people with autism show higher male trait scores in systemic thinking over empathetic thinking, above...

In training and lectures people often refer to spiritual or mystical approaches to psychological healing, but often find it hard to cite...

I am currently looking at psychological pain management techniques that can reduce the intensity of withdrawal symptoms in detoxification...

It is one of the most fundamental questions in neuroscience: How do humans think? Until recently, we seemed far from a conclusive answer....

A theory called the cultural brain hypothesis could explain extraordinary increases in brain size in humans and other animals over the...

Few things can delight an adult more easily than the uninhibited, effervescent laughter of a baby. Yet baby laughter, a new study shows,...

A comprehensive Australian study examining the global impact of suicide prevention approaches in young people has found that...

A study just published in the journal Nature Human Behavior, analyzed the traits of 1.5 million using a unique logarithms. What did it...

In previous blog entries I shared research that showed that children and young people who were exposed to childhood trauma demonstrated...

Artificial intelligence can help us to better understand the causes of religious violence and to potentially control it, according to a...

According to the World Health Organization, nearly 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression and these rates are on the rise....

Cannabis use is moving rapidly towards decriminalization around the world. However, it is a complex cocktail of of psychoactive...

Having extolled the virtues of Tetris in reducing trauma, it appears tat this classic vintage game is also helpful for managing...

In lecturers and training on personality, people are often surprised by the research that demonstrates that men and women differ in...

A multiyear clinical trial comparing medication and mental health counseling in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder shows...

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...

Whilst people in the LGBTQ community show elevated levels of mental health, studies of substance misuse interventions within these...

Parents educated beyond high school invest more in family health care, reducing the likelihood of adverse medical conditions despite...

Research from King's College London has shown for the first time that genetics plays a significant role in whether young adults choose to...