Do you ever go to parties just to look at beautiful people and listen to them chatter about their lovely lives? Lives punctuated only occasionally by some glitch—maybe a death in the family, or a social injustice that warrants reprimanding of societal power structures...
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Under-reported suicides: Hiding or compounding the tragedy
A new study has revealed that suicide figures may not be as accurate as they are reported, with key Western countries having a higher suicide rate than that reported in official figures...
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Mental disorders and physical diseases co-occur in teenagers
Every third teenager has suffered from one mental disorder and one physical disease...
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Cold, callous and untreatable? Not all psychopaths fit the stereotype, says new study
Many mask unmanageable emotion, can be helped with right therapy...
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Women think ‘as rationally’ as men – but also use more gut feeling
How much do men and women differ psychologically? Does greater emotional empathy in women result in less rational thinking when it comes to choosing to do harm for a greater good?...
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Temptation to text proves too much for students, even when inappropriate
College students may realize that texting in the shower, during sex, or at a funeral is inappropriate, but many do it regardless, according to Penn State psychologists...
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How to succeed in negotiations? Choose your words carefully, say psychologists
Whether you are buying, selling or asking for a pay rise, the words you use in your negotiation could affect the outcome, according to a new study...
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Poses of power are less powerful than we thought
Hands pressed to the hips or perhaps leaning back with arms crossed behind the head are typical poses of power...
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Crowdsourced tool for depression
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression...
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Looking for happiness in all the wrong places
Everyone knows that money can't buy happiness - but what might make rich people happier is revealed in the current issue of The Journal of Positive Psychology...
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