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Gerard Massaro, a Pittsburgh police psychologist, had the reputation of being a straight shooter when counseling or briefing a police officer.

A woman who turned a golf cart into a weapon and intentionally ran down and dragged another woman for about 15 yards was sentenced Thursday to three years' probation.

News Release from the University of Nebraska at Kearney: A University of Nebraska at Kearney psychology professor is the first Nebraska educator to be named a U.S. Professor of the Year by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education in the nearly 30 years of this prestigious national teaching award.

A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer accused of spying for China suffers from narcissistic personality disorder, expert witnesses for the prosecution and the defense testified in federal court Thursday.

Head of surgery Ian Donnan paid tribute to Maixner and Wray: "I've only got one thing to say to them: - girl power.'" Plastic surgeon Andrew Greensmith, who was in charge of crafting new skulls from bone fragments and plastic parts, said computer modeling of the girls' heads gave the team a crucial advantage.

Parents who take the time to know what their teenage children are up to and have strong anti-drug views can be effective in reducing their children's marijuana use, a new study says.

Are we bad for getting mad? Psychologists say it's normal to get angry. We all do it - and we need to feel anger.

Main Category: Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry A new study in the Journal of American College Health finds that students placed by their universities in coed housing are 2.5 times more likely to binge drink each week than students placed in all-male or all-female housing.

Why did the Nazis hate the Jews? Why did the Tutsi hate the Hutu? Hate is everywhere, but the fundamental question of why one person can hate another has never been adequately studied, contends Jim Mohr of Gonzaga University, who is developing a new academic field of hate studies.

Main Category: Complementary Medicine / Alternative Medicine Also Included In: Anxiety / Stress Depression The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective method to reduce blood pressure, anxiety, depression, and anger among at-risk college students, according to a new study to be published in the American Journal of Hypertension, ...

A Massena man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl must undergo a psychological evaluation.

Many Americans suffer from chronic pain. A national panel of experts reports that this condition has been largely under-treated by the medical community and needs to be addressed as an urgent public health crisis.

Did Major Hasan suffer from "micro-aggressions" that led to the murders at Ft. Hood? There is no question that the Fort Hood shootings were the product of evil and terror.

Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug by adolescents, with almost 42% of high school seniors admitting to having experimented with it.

Main Category: Mental Health Also Included In: Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 12 Nov 2009 - 11:00 PST Results from a large, retrospective analysis of inmates with a serious mental illness underscores the financial burden of mental illness on the criminal justice and health and human services systems, and may provide useful information to ...

Main Category: ADHD Also Included In: Clinical Trials / Drug Trials ; Psychology / Psychiatry ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 14 Nov 2009 - 1:00 PST Shire plc , the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, announced findings from a post hoc analysis examining emotional lability from Phase 3 study data with Vyvanse .

Modern life can be a blur of dropping the children off at school, preparing for an important meeting at work and then managing a big project for the boss only to get to the weekend and face a mountain of household chores.

A Hint of Hype, A Taste of Illusion : They pour, sip and, with passion and snobbery, glorify or doom wines.

Sydney, Australia 14th November, 2009 Sydney Psychologist Amanda Nassif announced the launch of her new website Psychologists in Sydney.com today coinciding with the expansion of her psychology practice in NSW.

Main Category: Depression Also Included In: Mental Health ; Psychology / Psychiatry Article Date: 11 Nov 2009 - 4:00 PST Americans do not believe they know much about depression , but are highly aware of the risks of not receiving care, according to a survey released today by the National Alliance on Mental Illness .