Tag Archives : Mental Health

People suffering from depression eat more chocolate than those who do not suffer, according to a statement of American researchers on Monday about the relationship between humor and sweet. The researchers studied the relationship between chocolate and mood among 931 men and women who used no antidepressants. Participants reported as consumed and answered [...]

Fatty and refined foods, or a diet of processed foods, worsen the risk of depression by as much as 58 percent. This is the conclusion of a recent study conducted by British scientists on 3,500 adults over a period of five years. The findings show that ‘those who ate mainly fried, processed, refined, high-fat foods had a 58% greater risk of depression [...]

In spite of the researches in the area be quite recent and still little conclusive, the problem of the addiction in internet is old and it worries the doctors more and more, especially in relation to the children and adolescents. Now, researchers of Taiwan identified a group of conditions of mental health that can increase a child’s risk to develop [...]

A person’s temperament can have impact on his or her physical health. According to Stephen Boyle of Duke University Medical Center, “The idea that behavior or personality traits can influence health is one that’s been around for a long time. We’re just now getting a handle on to what extent they do.” Fact is mental health affects [...]

A team of researchers of the Center of Control and Prevention of Diseases (CDC) of the United States accomplished a study with five hundred adult people, with ages between 19 and 90 years. The study confirmed the nerd player’s old stereotype: most is above the weight, they have problems to relate with other people and frequently they suffer of [...]

In “Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life,” Annette Lareau states that a person is a cultural product and his eventual influence on his society is also cultural. While everyone starts out on equal footing in the arena of the family, the social and economic factors inherent in one’s world will dictate who or what the person will be. [...]

Suicide among US soldiers in active service is at record high. The number of soldiers who committed suicide in 2008 rose to about 143 from 115 the previous year. Experts attribute this fact to the attendant pressure in times of war. Army statistics released recently showed that 30 percent of those who committed suicide last year were deployed at the [...]

A new study shows that gay and lesbian teens that are rejected by their parents have a weaker psychological immunity to stress and addiction. It was also found out that parents who were discouraging and unhelpful to the worries of a gay adolescent usually did more harm than good. Gay and lesbian teenagers are at risk for substance abuse, promiscuous [...]