C-SPAN network’s Campaign 2016 mobile newsroom will visit UCF on Wednesday, Dec. 18, to broadcast an interview with psychology professor Deborah Beidel about her studies of anxiety, trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder, and provide an opportunity for students and others to board the bus and learn about the public-affairs network’s political coverage and other programs. The visit by the 45-foot customized mobile studio is part of C-SPAN’s current Sunshine State Tour of Florida Universities and will be parked in lot B9 across Gemini Boulevard from the Recreation Wellness Center. Beidel, >>>

Does your therapist have a secret wish list of things you should do to optimize your therapy? If you’re one of the millions of people in the United States who sees a therapist, you may have had this exact thought. To answer that question, we asked five psychologists — Melanie Greenberg, PhD, Laura Kauffman, PhD, Craig Malkin, PhD, Simon Rego, PsyD, and Scott Symington, PhD — to share their lists of things they’d like to see their patients do. They were all pretty consistent, making frequent references to >>>

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When veterans are worried or stressed about acclimating to everyday life, they may just need a pen and paper to feel better, according to a new study, published last month in the Journal of Traumatic Stress.The research suggested that writing about their return home helps veterans manage anger and psychological distress, echoing earlier work on the mental health benefits of personal writing.Nearly 1,300 veterans, all of whom had reported difficulty reintegrating into civilian life, participated in >>>

By Kailey Coen – Collegiate Staff A Grand Valley State University professor  will be speaking Tuesday about how a support system impacts mental health as part of the Grand Rapids Community College Psychology Series. “We chose Brian Lakey because he’s talking about an interesting topic that’s a very broad area in psychology for students, said Frank Conner, head of the Psychology department. Lakey will be talking about the findings on how an individual’s support network affects his or her well being. Specifically, he will cover how a low support system has been linked to a variety >>>

The social impact feature film “Understanding Pain in Older Age” is awarded the Grand Prize at the 2015 Marina del Rey Film Festival. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) November 16, 2015 The social impact feature documentary “Understanding Pain in Older Age” by Dr. Luciana Lagana, an award-winning screenwriter/director/filmmaker and Professor of Psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), is starting to fare well on the 2015-2016 film festival circuit. This film, her first feature, has been awarded the Grand Prize for Best Documentary and a $1,000 Chapman/Leonard >>>

A new study investigated over 20 million tweets to dig into the psychological experiences of people over a two-week period. One insight into tweets and human psychology: people felt more negativity in the work week and more positivity on weekends. (Photo : Rosaura Ochoa | Flickr) Can a 140-character post online say enough about someone? The answer is yes, according to new research claiming to be the first to tap the massive data from social media sites for an insight into people's everyday situations. Published in the journal PLOS One, the study from researchers out of Florida >>>

Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan in The Fall The dark, twisted world of psychopath Paul Spector returns to SBS this week with the launch of the second season of British crime drama The Fall.Spector, played by 50 Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan, is on the run wanted for murder but he still has business in Belfast. Part of it involves playing with the mind of his pursuer, Det. Supt Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson).Allan Cubitt, creator and writer of The Fall and for this season its director, sympathises with people who find Spector disturbing. On one level, >>>

Victor Rivera will cut his vegetarian holiday poultry, dig his spoon in vegan stuffing and treat himself to some egg and dairy-free pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. November is known as National Vegan Month, and fourth-year psychology student Rivera published a vegan Thanksgiving menu on his blog “Vegan Power Training” Saturday to help explain the vegan lifestyle. The blog was sparked by his realization that some people believe vegans can’t train for strength and do bodybuilding, he said. “Vegan Power Training” combines Rivera’s two main philosophies of health and nutrition. The blog’s >>>

PARIS: With saturation media coverage of the Paris attacks, parents are asking themselves if they should talk to their children about the killings – and how they should go about it. Most child psychology experts believe that children should be told, but warn that parents have to be careful not to allow them to be overwhelmed by fear or horror at what happened. Above all, they must not let their own emotions or anguish intrude. Bernard Golse, head of paediatric psychology at France’s leading children’s hospital, Necker, said the subject can even be broached with very young children “from >>>