Recent research: articles from January journals
Originally added on Thu, 04/02/2010 - 19:19Last updated on Tue, 16/02/2010 - 19:34
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains nearly 14,000 abstracts.
Recent research: three studies on sex, three on couples, and one on both!
Originally added on Thu, 14/01/2010 - 10:36Last updated on Sat, 30/01/2010 - 11:27
I recently asked a computer-literate friend how I could encourage more people to visit this blog (thank you to all who already do!). He said "Write more about sex and violence." Ouch. I replied, rather self-righteously, that I wasn't just interested in increasing website traffic for its own sake - that the primary purpose of this blog is to be helpful. Well here I go - some good research studies on sex (and couples) that I hope are helpful!
Recent research: articles from December journals
Originally added on Thu, 07/01/2010 - 15:01Last updated on Thu, 21/01/2010 - 15:17
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 13,800 abstracts.
Recent research: six studies on depression - adolescents, heart disease, telephone management, memories, & primary care
Originally added on Thu, 10/12/2009 - 07:21Last updated on Mon, 14/12/2009 - 13:33
Here are half a dozen recent research papers on depression (all details & abstracts to these studies are listed further down this blog post). The first two are about the well-known Treatment for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). There have been a whole series of research papers published on this large multisite US National Institute of Mental Health funded study. For more information click on the TADS home page. The study compared CBT, fluoxetine, or their combination in treating moderate to severe depression in teenagers. As March & Vitiello state in their overview "Findings revealed that 6 to 9 months of combined fluoxetine plus CBT should be the modal treatment from a public health perspective as well as to maximize benefits and minimize harms for individual patients ...
Recent research: articles from November journals
Originally added on Thu, 03/12/2009 - 05:17Last updated on Thu, 21/01/2010 - 15:03
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 13,600 abstracts.
Recent research: diet associated depression, weight & violence, vitamin D fall prevention, IBS & anxiety, yoga & mindfulness
Originally added on Thu, 26/11/2009 - 07:11Last updated on Mon, 30/11/2009 - 07:24
Here are a mixed bag of six recent research papers on diet, vitamin D, IBS and yoga (all details & abstracts to these studies are listed further down this blog post). The first three papers highlight the toxic effects on psychological health, physical health, and society of our processed, high sugar diets. Sanchez-Villegas et al map a bit more clearly the potential link between diet and depression. They conclude "Our results suggest a potential protective role of the MDP (Mediterranean dietary pattern) with regard to the prevention of depressive disorders; additional longitudinal studies and trials are needed to confirm these findings." Fiorito et al show that intake of sweetened drinks in 5 year old girls predicts overweight over subsequent childhood and adolescence, and - rather scarily - Moore & colleagues show a link between confectionary consumption at age 10 and subsequent violence in adulthood. They concluded "Children who ate confectio
Recent research: two studies on panic, two on attention training for anxiety disorders, and three on the effects of child abuse
Originally added on Thu, 19/11/2009 - 05:59Last updated on Mon, 30/11/2009 - 06:17
Here are seven recent papers on panic, attention training, and the effects of childhood sexual abuse (all details & abstracts to these studies are listed further down this blog post). Pfaltz & colleagues report on a novel ambulatory respiratory monitoring system that seems to demonstrate that panic sufferers are not routinely suffering from breathing abnormalities (e.g. hyperventilation) when they go about their daily lives. The CBT theory of panic disorder would go along with this - panic being seen as due, in part, to catastrophizing about the meaning of experienced physical sensations rather than due to simply having unusual physical sensations. Shelby et al's paper extends this understanding concluding that with sufferers from non-cardiac chest pain (NCCP) "Chest pain and anxiety were directly related to greater disability and indirectly related to physical and psychosocial disability via pain catastrophizing.
Recent research: articles from October journals
Originally added on Thu, 12/11/2009 - 06:37Last updated on Thu, 10/12/2009 - 05:21
I read a lot of research. When I find an article of particular interest I download it to my bibliographic database - EndNote - which currently contains over 13,500 abstracts.
Two good psychology websites: BPS & handouts galore!
Originally added on Sun, 08/11/2009 - 05:29Last updated on Fri, 13/11/2009 - 06:06
Here are a couple of good psychology websites that I've come across recently. One is the British Psychological Society's Research Digest Blog with its tag line "Bringing you reports on the latest psychology research." The site provides an almost daily, brief description of a particularly interesting recent psychology research paper. Examples in November include "Performing horizontal eye movement exercises can boost your creativity", "How to increase altruism in toddlers", and "Facial emotional expressions are universal and culturally specific". The site also provides "taster pages" from the monthly magazine "The Psychologist", a list advertising jobs for psychologists, links to a variety of other psychology websites, a whole variety of learning resources, and a bunch of other fun things like "What is the mos
Recent research: six studies on depression – pregnancy, young children, antidepressant side effects, SAD & CBT, and suicide risk
Originally added on Thu, 29/10/2009 - 06:17Last updated on Fri, 30/10/2009 - 06:31
Here are half a dozen recent research papers on depression (all details & abstracts to these studies are given further down this blog posting). Yonkers et al's publication is a very welcome one - "The management of depression during pregnancy: a report from the American Psychiatric Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists." At last here's a major review giving good advice on this extremely important subject. To learn more it's worth getting hold of a copy of the complete text. You may have access to this through your academic department. If not, authors are usually happy to send a PDF via email when asked to - emails can be dug out via a little Google detective work. Following the [Abstract/Full Text] link will also provide various access routes including a low-cost patient information option. In further work looking at depression
