For Afghanistan veterans, anger, not PTSD, is the main problem

September 13, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

A security guard at NATO headquarters in Kabul. Credit: Torbjørn Kjosvold, Norwegian Armed Forces From 2001 to 2021, about 9,200 Norwegian soldiers served in Afghanistan. The vast majority of them

Uptick in drug overdose rates widely reported in Colombia, especially among young women

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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Overdose rates in Colombia involving illegal opioids, hallucinogens, stimulants and sedative psychotropic medication increased greatly during 2018–2021, mainly caused by overdoses in young women, according to

For many, incomplete answers on mental health care and pregnancy

September 13, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Eighteen U.S. states have enacted laws that exclude mental health or risk of suicide among the medical reasons a woman can have an abortion. But women

Using machine learning to uncover predictors of well-being

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Irrespective of their personal, professional and social circumstances, different individuals can experience varying levels of life satisfaction, fulfillment and happiness. This general measure of life satisfaction,

A novel neural explanation for choking under pressure

September 13, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Carnegie Mellon College of Engineering Every professional who functions at a high level of performance knows the value of keeping things loose during harrowing tasks. Choking under pressure, or

Risky combinations of psychiatric drugs prescribed for young patients

September 6, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study reveals that young patients treated with psychiatric medications receive potentially dangerous combinations with concerning frequency. Researchers from Rutgers Health and other institutions recently

Extortion is a common and harmful experience among Latinx immigrants traveling to the US, researchers find

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Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Latinx immigrant adults traveling to the United States are extorted—on average—$804 per research participant throughout the journey, according to a study appearing in Injury Epidemiology. “This

Brain scans reveal that mindfulness meditation for pain is not a placebo

September 6, 2024 0 Comments 0 tags

These brain scans show different neural signatures associated with pain response: the NAPS (left) is associated with the emotional experience of pain, the SIIPS-1 (center) is related to our expectations