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The Data Is In — Trigger Warnings Don’t Work
The original proponents of trigger warnings on campus argued that they would empower students suffering from trauma to delve into difficult material. “The point is not to enable — let alone encourage — students to
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How Much Time Should Teenagers Spend Online?
As technology evolves and our lives become increasingly digital, deciding how much teenagers should spend online is a difficult problem for any concerned parent. While much has been said about the potential detrimental effects of
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Psychological Interventions for the Treatment of Chronic Pain in Adults
Driscoll and colleagues address the gap between the evidence of the effectiveness of several psychological interventions and their availability and use in treatment of chronic pain.
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Refugees Often Suffer Lasting Trauma. Meditation May Help.
Research suggests a trauma-sensitive and socioculturally adapted group intervention can significantly reduce posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, and multimorbidity among refugees and asylum seekers.
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The Science of Us
No one could accuse the boy’s self-appointed trainers of lacking ambition or being sticklers for ethical research. Psychologist John Watson of Johns Hopkins University and his graduate student Rosalie Rayner first observed that a 9-month-old
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The Future Is Bright: Vivid Imagination Is Linked to Mental Health
People who can imagine achieving their goals in greater detail are less likely to be or to become depressed.