Daily Digest: 27 September 2012
We’ve searched the web for interesting articles, news, resources and tools – so you don’t have to. Below are today’s featured Daily Digest posts:
The Challenges of Preventing Campus Suicides
In addition to the beginning of a new school year, this September also marks the 10th annual World Suicide Prevention Day and the release of an updated National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Read more…
Breaking an Anxiety, Depression, Perfectionism, Connection
Depression is complex and multifaceted. Charlottesville VA psychotherapist Dr. Russ Grieger shows how to identify and debunk necessitating thinking when it is at the heart of anxiety and depression. Read more…
Childhood Memories Serve as a Moral Compass
Recalling childhood memories can lead people to behave more ethically, according to a study published in April in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Read more…
Shared Pathway Links Lou Gehrig’s Disease With Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Researchers of motor neuron diseases have long had a hunch that two fatal diseases, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), might somehow be linked. A new study confirms that this link exists. Read more…
Parents underestimate their children’s worry levels and overestimate their optimism
It’s well-established that parents frequently overestimate their children’s intelligence and the amount of exercise they get. Now a team led by Kristin Lagattuta has uncovered evidence suggesting that parents have an unrealistically rosy impression of their kiddies’ emotional lives too. Read more…
