News tagged with emotional problems

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Facebook teams with Time Warner to fight bullies

(AP) -- Facebook and Time Warner are ganging up on bullies to address a problem that torments millions of children and young adults.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers probe causes of math anxiety

Math problems make more than a few students - and even teachers - sweat, but new brain research is providing insights into the earliest causes of the anxiety so often associated with mathematics.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Boy toddlers need extra help dealing with negative emotions

The way you react to your two-year-old's temper tantrums or clinginess may lead to anxiety, withdrawal and behavior problems down the road, and the effect is more pronounced if the child is a boy who often displays such negative ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Young adults with chronic illnesses have poorer educational, vocational and financial outcomes

Most young adults who grow up with chronic illness graduate high school and have employment, but those with cancer, diabetes, or epilepsy are significantly less likely than their healthy peers to achieve important educational ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Happy children make happy adults

Being a 'happy' teenager is linked to increased well-being in adulthood, new research finds.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 25, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Emotional response may predict how the body responds to stress

Your emotional response to challenging situations could predict how your body responds to stress, according to research published this month in the journal Brain, Behavior, and Immunity.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Child care quality key for children from disadvantaged homes

Decades of research have demonstrated the importance of the resources in children's homes and the benefits of high-quality interactions with parents in supporting healthy development. High-quality child care plays a similar, ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study: No higher mental health risk after abortion

(AP) -- Having an abortion does not increase the risk of mental health problems, but having a baby does, one of the largest studies to compare the aftermath of both decisions suggests.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

International law permits abusive fathers custody of children

A new survey of court cases against battered women living abroad shows that when the women left their abusive partners and returned with their children to the United States, half of the time, U.S. courts sent the children ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Late-preterm babies at greater risk for problems later in childhood

Late-preterm babies – those born between 34 and 36 weeks – are at an increased risk for cognitive and emotional problems, regardless of maternal IQ or demographics, according to new research published by Michigan ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Doubled risk of anxiety for 18 month-old children with congenital heart defects

Research from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows that children with severe congenital heart defects have twice the risk of anxiety at 18 months of age compared to healthy children. Children with mild and ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Nov 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The correlation between acne and social and mental health problems

Researchers have looked into the association between acne and mental health in teenagers and report their findings online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Their work suggests adverse events including suicidal ideati ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Victimized children involved with disasters more likely to have mental health issues

A new national study not only has confirmed that children who have been exposed to disasters from earthquakes to fires are more prone to emotional problems, but many of those children may already have been experiencing maltreatment, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Up to 1 in 4 patients report more physical problems a year after surgery than before

One in seven patients experience more pain, physical and emotional problems a year after surgery than before their operation and a quarter have less vitality. Those are the key findings of a research study of more than 400 ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 25, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Long-term sick could be identified 3 years prior to going on benefit

Individuals on long term incapacity benefit because of mental health problems could be identified by their GPs three years before they stop working, finds a research paper published on British Medical Journal.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0