Most of us are likely to know or love somebody who has been affected by suicide. Statistics from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show how common this disturbing phenomenon is. Nearly 45,000 lives were lost to suicide in 2016. Suicide rates have gone up more than 30 percent in half of the… Continue reading The Simple Words that Can Save Suicidal People
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Perceiving Support — Not Receiving It — Helps People Cope with Worry and Waiting
Feeling like your partner cares about your stress helps you cope, according to 2018 research done at University of California – Riverside. It may even help you sleep better, and may be beneficial to your health. A release from the university notes that Kate Sweeny’s “worry and waiting” research has contributed much to our understanding… Continue reading Perceiving Support — Not Receiving It — Helps People Cope with Worry and Waiting
Two Types of Empathy Elicit Different Health Effects
When a close friend shares bad news, our instinct is to help. But putting yourself in a friend’s shoes, imagining how you would feel if you were the one suffering, may have detrimental effects on your own health. That is the finding of a study led by the University of Pennsylvania’s Anneke E. K. Buffone… Continue reading Two Types of Empathy Elicit Different Health Effects
Why Do Sad Songs Mean So Much to Some of Us?
Some of us like sad songs more than others, and that has a lot to do with empathy, according to British researchers. The study, by Professor Tuomas Eerola from the University of Durham’s Department of Music, was published in Frontiers in Psychology. Tear-jerkers such as Adele’s Someone Like You frequently top the charts these days,… Continue reading Why Do Sad Songs Mean So Much to Some of Us?
Is Fiction Good for You?
It is assumed that reading fiction is good for your mental health, but evidence linking Jane Eyre or Anna Karenina to a broadened mind has been mostly anecdotal. In a Review published on July 19th 2016 in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, a psychologist-novelist delves into that issue, arguing that reading or watching narratives may encourage… Continue reading Is Fiction Good for You?
ER Patients Need to Know More about Pain Management
Patients in the emergency room want to know more about the possibilities for pain management than their doctors are telling them. They also want to know about the risk of opioid dependency. The study, by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, used semi-structured open-ended telephone interviews with 23 patients… Continue reading ER Patients Need to Know More about Pain Management