Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk about recent research on family, health, and parenting, including: the empty nest and marriage, the impact of a mentally ill sibling on the family, and the effect of stress prior to conception.
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We’ll be recording 3 episodes on December 30:
Keeping New Year’s resolutions
Brain training / the aging brain
Creativity
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A study in the current issue of Family Psychology examined the interactions of parents of children with or without anxiety disorders. The results suggested that fathers are more likely to discuss emotion with their sons than with their daughters; fathers of anxious kids provided less explanation about the causes and strategies for dealing with emotion, [...]
Since the early 1990‚Äôs, The National Institute of Mental Health in the U.S. has been conducting the longest and most comprehensive study ever of treatments for children with ADHD. Many papers have been written with data collected from this ‚“Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD”. In a paper released in the last quarter of [...]
Doctors Brian and Giuseppe talk about common sources of stress at this busy time of year, along with some strategies to manage your holiday.
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As of Fall 2009, some nonprescription, orally-administered cough and cold medicine will have additional warnings on their labels: “Do not use this cough and cold product in children under 6 years of age.” Over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold medication with dosage information only for children under 6 will be removed from store shelves. The Scientific [...]
A recent survey funded by Intel found that nearly half of American women would choose the internet over sex, and 65% of adults say they can’t live without internet access. Ninety-five percent of people said that it was at least somewhat important to have devices allowing them to go online. Television, eating out, buying clothes, [...]
A new study to be published in the journal Cancer examined outcomes for breast cancer survivors based on the quality of their marital relationships. They found that marital distress was related to poorer outcomes, both physically and psychologically. The women were assessed following surgery and then every 4 to 6 months for 5 years. Women [...]
This year has been particularly difficult for the makers of anti-depressant medications as studies questioning the effectiveness and validity of research into SSRI’s has come into question.
In January of this year, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that research pointing to the ineffectiveness of anti-depression medication is either never published [...]
A study published in the current issue of School Psychology Quarterly looked at predictors of academic success for minority, low-income, urban elementary school students. Despite their hardships, students in this group are often able to achieve positive school results. Social-emotional competence was a significant factor in predicting success; this includes the ability to understand and [...]
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