For many children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, symptoms appear to decrease as they age, but for some they do not and one reason may be persistent parental criticism, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. “Why ADHD symptoms decline in some children as they reach adolescence and not for others is an important phenomenon to be better understood. The finding here is that children with ADHD whose parents regularly expressed high levels of criticism over time were less likely to experience this decline in symptoms,” said Erica Musser, PhD, >>>

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– The Olumofin brothers were in the news recently for verbally assaulting a female OAP – The brothers have now moved past the ‘incident’ The Olumofin brothers, Adejoro and Adedokun, were recently involved in an open ‘dispute’ with popular On Air Personality, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, on social media, after Gbemi called them ‘social climbers’. The brothers recently sat down for an interview with City People magazine, where they addressed the issues between themselves and Gbemi. Read excerpts below: Who are the Olumofin brothers?We are the children of Barrister Segun >>>

ST. LOUIS--(Business Wire)--Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Missouri members now have a more convenient and private way to access help for depression, anxiety and other types of mental illness. Members can use their smart phone, tablet or computer to have a live video visit with licensed therapists in the privacy of their own home or office. LiveHealth Online Psychology, recently launched for Missouri consumers, is available for use by the majority of Anthem’s health plan customers, including health exchange members. >>>

Monash University Doctor of Psychology student, David Bakker, is developing a smartphone app, MoodMission, which uses an intuitive and engaging interface to help users learn better ways of coping with low moods and anxious ...

So it turns out sitcoms can erase bigotry. That’s the bottom line of a study recently presented before a conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. And it doesn’t even have to be a particularly good sitcom. To judge, at least, from a screening of its first two episodes, the Canadian sitcom on which the study is based was earnest, amiable, and about as funny as “Schindler’s List.” Apparently, however, Canadian television viewers liked it well enough. “Little Mosque on the Prairie,” a culture clash show about life at a Muslim worship house in small town Canada, >>>

Some people move on from a breakup way faster than others. Turns out this can also be explained by science. According to a new study published in the Personality and Social Psychology bulletin, how a person bounces back from a break up has a lot to do with his or her self-perception. The Standford University psychologists behind the research found that people who perceived themselves having "fixed" personalities are the ones less likely to move on easily from a breakup. They are also the ones likely to suffer from breakup issues because they thought the fault lies in their personality. Like >>>

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, February 8, 2016 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The international information security experts IT Governance have added a new title to their catalogue: The Psychology of Information Security – Resolving conflicts between security compliance and human behaviour by Leron Zinatullin. Information security professionals can often be ignorant of the impact that implementing security policies in a vacuum can have on end users’ core business activities. These end users are, in turn, often unaware of the risks they can expose their organisation >>>

Remember the deepest sadness you have ever felt and then try to imagine worse, a sadness which envelops you in hopelessness, makes getting out of bed seem impossible and makes you cry at the smallest things. Now try to remember a time when you felt amazing, like anything was possible, and go even bigger… Imagine a manic sense of importance and responsibility, like everyone’s eyes are upon you, like you’re famous, responsible for the whole world’s wellbeing, able to do absolutely anything. Imagine a life riding a roller coaster of ups and downs in mood, never sure when the next plummet >>>

THIS year is shaping up as a big year for one Gympie household, with married couple Dean and Kerri Santos accepting offers to study locally at the University of the Sunshine Coast. Dean, 33, has signed up for a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology) after a 10-year career in the information technology sector, while Kerri, 35, will begin a Bachelor of Nursing Science. The Southside husband and wife, who have a three-year-old son, decided the time was right to pursue new career paths after moving to Gympie from Sydney in 2015. Kerri has been caring for her mother in recent years but >>>