Category: Psychotherapy

Fear of being too skinny may put teen boys at risk for depression, steroid use

From the APA media release: Teenage boys who think they’re too skinny when they are actually a healthy weight are at greater risk of being depressed as teens and as… Read more »

Cognitive-behavioural therapy not effective treatment for symptoms of schizophrenia

From the University of Hertfordshire media release: Health organizations around the world recommend a form of psychotherapy, known as cognitive-behavioral therapy or CBT, for patients with schizophrenia. Now, however, the… Read more »

In addiction, meditation is helpful when coupled with drug and cognitive therapies

From the UMass media release: Using a computational model of addiction, a literature review and an in silico experiment, theoretical computer scientist Yariv Levy and colleagues suggest in a new… Read more »