Published: October 14, 2010

University at Buffalo researcher Michael Poulin says rescue of the Chilean miners provides a worldwide lesson in human resilience.
While many people might assume that the men rescued from the mine in Chile might suffer from psychological problems that require therapy, the miners’ survival of the ordeal may actually provide a worldwide lesson on the remarkable strength of human resilience, says a University at Buffalo researcher. [continue reading…]
Published: October 14, 2010
A woman who had been married for 14 years called into Dr. Laura’s radio show. The woman says she recently realized that she has never loved her husband, and she informs Dr. Laura that she has told her husband that. The couple has received marriage counseling, but Dr. Laura tells the caller that counseling is useless because of her attitude, according to a YouTube recording of the episode. The conversation continues link to read more
Source: Scientific American
Published: October 14, 2010
Find out what consumers are doing online and why. For instance did you know that if you are checking out Shrink Rap on a PC in Canada you are among the 43.1% of an internet population of 26,224,900 who use the internet to check out the news .
The largest ever global research project into people’s online activities and behaviour – Digital Life – was launched this week, ‘digital day’ by TNS, the world’s biggest custom research company. Covering nearly 90 per cent of the world’s online population through 50,000 interviews with consumers in 46 countries, the study reveals major changes in the world’s online behaviour.
Core data from the study is being made publicly available via an interactive website — with cool graphics 😉 – www.discoverdigitallife.com [continue reading…]
Published: October 14, 2010

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Mental disorders in children are often difficult to identify due to the myriad of changes that occur during the normal course of maturation. For the first time, researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health have reported on the prevalence data on a broad range of mental disorders in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adolescents, which show that approximately one in five children in the U.S. meet the criteria for a mental disorder severe enough to disrupt their daily lives.
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