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Phil Harris
Oct 5, 20181 min read
Does University Education Pay Off?
Young people are often expected to attend university to improve their future economic status. In the UK, only 13 per cent of jobs...
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Phil Harris
Sep 10, 20183 min read
Awareness of Gender Bias Shows a Gender Bias
New Northwestern University research analyzing the ways children's gender narratives reinforce or disrupt gender inequality found that...
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Phil Harris
Aug 21, 20183 min read
Birds of Feather: Young People and Friendship Groups
In lectures and training on young people, I suggest that young people form peer groups which are determined by shared values. As a...
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Phil Harris
Aug 17, 20184 min read
Adolescent Mental Health & Spirituality
Shifts in values is vital for recovery in both mental health and addictions, especially for those who experience the most complex...
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Phil Harris
Aug 10, 20182 min read
Predicting Long Term Outcomes for Boys with ADHD
A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(JAACAP) reports on a...
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Phil Harris
Aug 10, 20183 min read
Poor Impulse Control: Most Kids Have It
Children who struggle with weak cognitive control at an early age are at most risk for trouble in adulthood following their engagement in...
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Phil Harris
Aug 10, 20185 min read
Trolleyology: The Nature of Moral Reasoning
Moral dilemmas are often critical feature of working with clients in everyday practice, especially when they become stuck in difficult...
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Phil Harris
Aug 9, 20183 min read
Mother of a Young Adult? They Still Love You
If you're a parent who feels your college-age children would choose their friends over you, a new UCLA psychology study has a reassuring...
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Phil Harris
Jul 23, 20183 min read
Recovery from Schizophrenia is Possible
It has long been believed that only the minority of people could recover from schizophrenia. However, a Norwegian research team have...
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Phil Harris
Jul 19, 20184 min read
Early Onset Puberty Also Predicts Substance Involvement in Males
In lectures on adolescent development I always draw peoples attention to the additional risk of drug and alcohol involvement faced by...
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Phil Harris
Jul 19, 20183 min read
Binge Drinking: Breaking the Pattern
Binge drinking patterns are one of the hardest drinking habits to break, especially in young people and students.Researchers found the...
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Phil Harris
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Effective Mentoring: What Matters is That They Matter
When educators and coaches make kids feel like they matter, it reduces delinquency and destructive behavior. A new study led by a...
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Phil Harris
Jul 4, 20181 min read
Teenage Brain: Stepping Up
Some brain networks become more densely connected during adolescence while others become less so, according to a new analysis published...
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Phil Harris
Jul 4, 20183 min read
Effective Classroom Management for Autism
Special training for teachers may mean big results for students with autism spectrum disorder, according to Florida State University and...
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Phil Harris
Jun 21, 20182 min read
Computer Gaming-Now An Official Disorder
The World Health Organisation has defined Gaming addiction as a disorder in the International Classification of Disorders (11 Edition). ...
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Phil Harris
May 20, 20188 min read
Cannabis-Gateway Revisited Special
A great deal of my work with young people draws n research that demonstrates that drug and alcohol use evolves through the interplay of...
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Phil Harris
Apr 29, 20184 min read
Students and Identity
Ever since positing a review of the research behind the Cathy Newman vs Jordan Peterson debate, I have noticed an increasing slew of...
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Phil Harris
Mar 20, 20184 min read
University & Identity Transition
In an earlier post (Is Cathy Newman just WEIRD?) I suggested that university life is psychological transformative in ways which have not...
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Phil Harris
Mar 20, 20183 min read
When Self Harm Predicts Suicide in Young People
A study led by Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) revealed that young Americans had a sharply higher risk of suicide in...
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