FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   JANUARY 17th IS “DITCH YOUR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS DAY” – AVOID THE DITCH WITH STICK MOBILE APP   App from GSW Combines Health, Tech and Behavioral Insights to Help Users Stick to Resolutions   COLUMBUS, OH – January 14, 2016 – GSW, one of the largest health and wellness advertising agencies in the world and an inVentiv Health company, has unveiled a new, free mobile app designed to help users “stick” to their New Year’s resolutions once and for all. As January 17th is national “Ditch Your New Year’s Resolution Day,” the agency is aiming to help >>>

Q. Starting in January each year, I get very depressed. I think I may have a low-level depression, but I deal with it effectively other times. In the winter, however, I don’t want to go to work, do things with friends or get out of bed. Why does this keep happening and what can I do about it?Approximately 15 percent of depressed people report that their depression levels increase during the fall, grow worse during the winter and recede as spring approaches. This calendar-linked pattern of depression is referred to as Seasonal Affective Disorder or S.A.D. You have probably noticed that it happens >>>

January 15, 2016 ASU professor says best way to keep resolutions is to make them 'SMART' It's the middle of January. How are those New Year's resolutions going? If you're like most people, they're swiftly receding from memory. According to Forbes, 63 percent of Americans make resolutions, but only 8 percent keep them. So why do we bother, year after year, if the failure rate is so high? Paul Karoly, a psychology professor at Arizona State University, might know why. Karoly studies goals and >>>

Psychological therapy may yield greater benefits if providers can meet patients' preferences, a UK study suggests.Most of the nearly 15,000 study participants had treatment preferences - and those whose preferences weren't met were less likely to say the treatments helped with their problems, the researchers report in BMC Psychiatry."When it comes to psychological therapies, it’s critical that people are invested in them and they engage in them fully," said senior author Dr. Mike Crawford, of Imperial College London. "When people don’t engage in them fully, they’re less likely to benefit >>>

By Andrew M. Seaman Psychological therapy may yield greater benefits if providers can meet patients' preferences, a UK study suggests. Most of the nearly 15,000 study participants had treatment preferences - and those whose preferences weren't met were less likely to say the treatments helped with their problems, the researchers report in BMC Psychiatry. "When it comes to psychological therapies, it’s critical that people are invested in them and they engage in them fully," said senior author Dr. Mike Crawford, of Imperial College London. "When people don’t engage in them >>>