News tagged with emotional problems

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Parents: Slow Down and Get Off the Marriage-Go-Round

After a divorce or break-up, parents need to be very cautious about bringing new love interests into their homes, according to Andrew Cherlin, a professor in the Department of Sociology at Johns Hopkins University.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

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

Researchers find genetic link to children's emotional problems precipitated by bullying

Bullying victimization is common among children of school age, although its consequences are often anything but benign. The recent death of a Massachusetts teen by suicide prompted state lawmakers to pass one of the most ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 22, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

One in ten 16 year olds have self-harmed

One in ten 16 year olds in Northern Ireland have self-harmed in the past year, according to new research by ARK at Queen’s University and the University of Ulster.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

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

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

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

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

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

Disabilities strike the middle-aged: Sedentary lifestyle, obesity among major reasons

Lucille Morris was in her mid-50s when she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Not long after, she began experiencing pain and numbness in her feet from neuropathy. Walking felt painful and wobbly.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 04, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Poor children more vulnerable to effects of poor sleep

Elementary-school-age children from poor families are more vulnerable to the effects of poor sleep than their peers. That's the finding of a new study that assessed the ties between children's sleep and their emotional development.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 14, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extremely preterm children are three times as likely to have psychiatric disorder

Significant advances in the neonatal intensive care have resulted in increased survival rates of children who are born at less than 26 weeks of gestation, so termed "extremely preterm children". Notably, however, improved ...

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created Apr 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0