Friday, August 15 News

Changing the nation's diet (highlight)
Researchers should focus more on the unhealthful food-industry practices and marketing strategies that make us fat, said psychologist Kelly D. Brownell.
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Adolescent depression (highlight)
UCLA psychologist Constance Hammen, PhD listed the top 10 reasons for researchers to pay more attention to adolescent depression.
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Ethical dilemmas of MySpace (highlight)
Social media Web sites such as Facebook and MySpace have complicated the lives of psychologists, psychology professors and graduate students.
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Violence and the brain (highlight)
Victims of violence undergo brain changes that may make them more sensitive to the rewarding effects of drugs, according to research presented Friday during APA's Annual Convention.
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Q&A with Robert Sternberg (highlight)
One of psychology's most prolific researchers shared how he's turned some of his life's most discouraging experiences into research projects.
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Stress-buster (highlight)
Though relaxation techniques have been used for millennia, their full potential remains untapped, said speaker Herbert Benson, MD. Simple exercises can help relieve such as hypertension, arthritis, insomnia.
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Solving global challenges (highlight)
Psychology should use its strengths to take on the environmental crisis, APA President Alan E. Kazdin, PhD, said in his presidential address.
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More news

Sunday, August 17 highlights: Personality and aging; driving and antidepressants; upside to video games; resilience in black children; college student suicide; emotional and mood disorder treatment; giving psychology away; gender identity.
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Saturday, August 16 highlights: Jobs for early-career; how to be happy; psychology's mythbusters; web site preview; hope as depression prevention; student honesty; 21st birthday drinking; trauma of immigration raids.
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Thursday, August 14 highlights: Malcolm Gladwell keynote; ear infections and obesity; thinking green; astronaut mental health; ADHD treatment; deploying repeatedly; gender-variant people; stress worsens allergies; advice for young psychologists; spending habits.
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Pre-convention highlights: Opening session; APA ethics and interrogation guidelines (audio); Campus violence; Boston attractions; Courage in relationships; Exhibit Hall; APA president on psychology's environmental impact (audio); the popularity of majoring in psychology (audio).
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