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Less Social Support Available for Common Mental Disorder Patients

According to the conclusions of a new study, it would appear that people who suffer from common mental health disorders, such as depression, tend to receive less and less support from their friends and family, as the conditions become more and more widespread. The same research also demonstrated that those suffering...

11 April 2012
02:56 GMT

Supporting the Workers Increases Their Performances

An interesting study I came across states that employers should ask their team managers to train the workforce in such a way that all of its members learn to support and care for each other. In this manner, the higher-ups can ensure sustainable, increased performances at the workplace. The market economy has someho...

7 February 2012
10:52 GMT

Positivism Overcomes Bad Habits

A good psychological health tends to keep people on the right track, and make them want to have a healthy lifestyle and get rid of their bad habits, suggests a new study carried out by Margie E. Lachman PhD and Stefan Agrigoroaei PhD of the Brandeis Psychology Department.When assessing health, researchers focus in ge...

23 October 2010
06:34 GMT

Social Support Keeps Dialysis Patients Alive

Kidney disease patients on dialysis need social and family support in order to stick to the doctor's orders and take care of their health, a new study conducted by the University of Bordeaux and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, concluded.It is rather hard to suffer from kidney disease and to hav...

22 October 2010
04:20 GMT

How Extremists Get to Impose Their Views

A new scientific study conducted on people who believe that they are expressing popular beliefs has demonstrated that those who have extreme views are more inclined to share them than those who do not believe such a thing. The investigation has also revealed that these individuals still are more likely to express the...

22 October 2009
02:34 GMT

Positive Attitude More Helpful for Weight Control than Smoking

A new research shows that a lot of college women do not want to quit smoking, because they think this habit keeps their weight under control. Popular belief has it that, when you kick the habit, your weight spirals out of control, and most of the college-aged girls between 18 and 24 years old who smoke do not even wa...

26 April 2009
03:01 GMT


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