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Kristina Olson Named 2018 MacArthur Fellow
APS Fellow Kristina Olson has received the prestigious MacArthur “Genius” Grant for her innovative research on the social and cognitive development of transgender and gender-nonconforming youth.
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Treating Teen Depression Might Improve Mental Health Of Parents, Too
An estimated 12.8 percent of adolescents in the U.S. experience at least one episode of major depression, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. According to previous studies, many of those teens’ mental health
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring callous-unemotional traits and anxiety, mediators and mechanisms in psychotherapy research, executive function and depressive symptoms across development, and core deficits in borderline personality disorder.
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Why Some People Get Little Pleasure From Social Interaction
Social interaction is considered to be such an important contributor to physical and mental well-being that individuals who show relatively low drive for and pleasure from interacting with others are sometimes given a clinical diagnosis
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The Perils Of Pushing Kids Too Hard, And How Parents Can Learn To Back Off
On New Year’s Eve, back in 2012, Savannah Eason retreated into her bedroom and picked up a pair of scissors. “I was holding them up to my palm as if to cut myself,” she says.
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The Words That Can Signal You’re Depressed
Feeling down? Pay attention to your language. Language changes significantly in both content and word choice in people who are depressed, according to a growing body of research using computer programs to analyze speech and
