Artificial intelligence may soon play a critical role in choosing which depression therapy is best for patients. A national trial...

What drives a person to smoke cigarettes? What role do emotions play in this addictive behavior? Why do some smokers puff more often and...

I have long suggested that parenting does not belong solely to a parent. Parenting style is determined where the resources of a parent...

My first day back at work in 2020 was with a fantastic team of mental health housing workers. We had an extensive debate on the role of...

Recent advances in neuroscience are unlocking how the major personality traits are linked to neural systems. One personality trait,...

Traits are often much stronger than talents in predicting where people are most happiest. When developing peoples sense of their future...

Most people who experience severe trauma recover their health. But 23 percent develop PTSD, a difficult-to-treat illness that combines...

Spirituality has increasing become an important focus in drug and alcohol recovery. Whilst hard to define and quantify from a research...

Throughout 2019, Developing Health & Independence (DHI), have been marking their 20th anniversary as a charity by looking to the future....

Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and University Hospitals...

I have recently had a series of debates with psychologists, social workers and family workers around the country regarding Attachment...

I have often said that what we really know about psychology is what we actually know about psychology students. These tend to be the...

It never ceases to surprise me in training and lectures when sharing well thought through, systematic, peer reviewed research findings...

In lectures on Personality Disorder and on Romantic Relationships, people are intrigued by the research finding that women are drawn...

Impulsive shopping can be a costly vice for people who are eager to escape emotional pain, but researchers have now discovered a strategy...

The amygdala and the hippocampus -- structures in the brain that are involved in emotion, learning, and memory -- have been found to play...

This web site is not afraid to tackle the big issues. The concept of power posing -- think of a Wonder Woman stance -- gained popularity...

Scientists at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management have established a causal relationship between failure and future...

Some people suffering from severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, hear "voices," known as auditory hallucinations. This...

People with psychopathic traits are predisposed toward antisocial behavior that can result in "unsuccessful" outcomes such as...