News tagged with social withdrawal

Anti-social mice may reveal more about depression

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, UC Davis psychology researchers have been able to produce a "social withdrawal" syndrome in female rodents. The development could yield new insights into the physical basis ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Social optimism during studies supports school-to-work transition

Students' social skills and behaviour in social situations during their university studies contribute to their success in the transition to work. The social strategies adopted during university studies also have an impact ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Disadvantaged youth more likely to be high-school dropouts, young parents and poor adults

Disadvantaged kids are more likely to drop out of high school, become premature parents and raise their own children in poverty, according to an exhaustive new study from researchers at Concordia University and the University ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Behavior problems in school linked to 2 types of families

Contrary to Leo Tolstoy's famous observation that "happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," a new psychology study confirms that unhappy families, in fact, are unhappy in two distinct ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jul 15, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Resilience factor low in depression, protects mice from stress

Scientists have discovered a mechanism that helps to explain resilience to stress, vulnerability to depression and how antidepressants work. The new findings, in the reward circuit of mouse and human brains, ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created May 16, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Traffic jam in brain causes schizophrenia symptoms

Schizophrenia waits silently until a seemingly normal child becomes a teenager or young adult. Then it swoops down and derails a young life.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 2