Category: Research
Mental Health and Criminal Records: How to Move Forward
When people commit crimes, it is common in our society that they be sent to prison. Throughout history, prison has been a constant and reliable punishment for those who break the law. However, the question of crime and punishment far exceeds the confinements of any jail; although those who break the law deserve to undergo some type of punishment, and jail is by far one of the most humane types of punishment in our history, it is not without its repercussions.
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How Hormonal Imbalance Affects Our Mental Health and How to Beat It
How Hormonal Imbalance Affects Our Mental Health and How to Beat It Hormones are the regulatory...
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3 Theories of Personality and How to Apply Them
It’s hard not to be interested in the concept of personality. How is it, when their DNA is more...
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Gun Safety and Mental Health Research Funding
First, let me make my opinion very clear, President Obama’s recent Executive Action was a...
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What’s Wrong with Psychological Tests
The second edition of the PCL-R test, originally designed by the controversial maverick Canadian...
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Parapsychology and the Paranormal
I. Introduction The words “supernatural”, “paranormal”, and...
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The Fundamentals of Psychological Theories
All theories – scientific or not – start with a problem, psychological theories should...
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The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) – Pros and Cons
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, fourth edition, text revision [American Psychiatric...
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The Myelin Sheathing: A Possible Key to Mental Illness
We are able to move any part of our bodies, do things and think thoughts because of the...
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Schizophrenia Research at the National Institute of Mental Health
Schizophrenia, the most chronic and disabling of the severe mental disorders, is a major focus of...
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Depression Research at the National Institute of Mental Health
Depressive disorders affect approximately 19 million American adults. The suffering endured by...
Read MoreWhat We Learned From Songbirds
The Adult Brain Can Generate New Nerve Cells Once, neuroscientists believed that our complement of nerve cells was created prenatally and during the first years of life, and that no new neurons could be generated. Now we know...
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