Herpes, toxoplasma may play a part in schizophrenia

January 28, 2013 Jan. 28–Scientists have suggested several factors that might spark the onset of schizophrenia or make it more severe — hormonal changes, teenage stresses, drug use and even moving from one part of the world to another. PsycPORT: Psychology...

Awakening to sleep

Tempted to read just one more email before you sleep? Don’t. New research finds that not getting enough sleep — whether because of our insatiable desire for digital media or more traditional sleep disturbances — has far-reaching effects on physical and psychological health. Monitor on...

First donations after Newtown shooting being spent

January 18, 2013 NEWTOWN, Conn. – The first of the money donated through the United Way after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School is being spent in part to meet the immediate needs of first responders, teachers and others who lost wages and may have exhausted their benefits. PsycPORT:...

Extending a ‘branch’ to a neighborhood in need

Graduate student and military veteran Rich Blake’s The 6th Branch organization aims to revitalize a struggling Baltimore neighborhood. gradPSYCH: The Magazine of the American Psychological Association of Graduate...

Some Minority Students May Fare Better Than Whites When Working Part Time, New Research Finds

African-American, Hispanic students’ grades not as negatively affected by working long hours after school American Psychological Association Recent Press...