Portal:Psychology/Psychology news

Workplace meetings take a toll on many employees’ well-being, according to a study published in the January Journal of Applied Psychology (Vol. 91, No. 2).

• Researchers at Yale School of Medicine are recruiting subjects for a trial of treating schizophrenia with transcranial magnetic stimulation. External link

• In the March 2006 issue of Current Psychiatry, two American psychiatrists argue that schizophrenia does not exist, but is actually bipolar disorder with psychotic symptoms. External link A rebuttal was published here.

• The United States Food and Drug Administration approves the first transdermal patch to treat clinical depression. External link

• A study appearing in the British Journal of Medicine argues that providing psychological treatments to patients with medical problems like diabetes and hypertension can reduce their need for more traditional (often more costly) treatments. External link

• A national survey reveals that many Americans engage in unhealthy behaviors from smoking to unhealthy eating in order to manage stress. The research supports findings that 43% of adult suffer stress-related health problems. External link

• A recent fMRI study finds that thinking about partisan political subjects tends to be unconscious and emotional. Wikinews