10 Highly Effective Study Habits

Effective study habits — studying smarter — can be learned to improve your ability to better retain reading material. These habits include approaching study with the right attitude, choosing the right environment, minimizing distractions, setting a realistic schedule, and employing memory games, among others. Students grapple with many issues in their lives, and because of […]

Multiple Intelligences

1 What Are Multiple Intelligences? A creative brain with gears Image by Catherine MacBride/Moment/Getty Images When you hear the word intelligence, the concept of IQ testing may immediately come to mind. Intelligence is often defined as our intellectual potential; something we are born with, something that can be measured and a capacity that is difficult […]

Healthy Romantic Relationship for marriage

The Ingredients that Go into a Loving Romantic Relationship Our intimate relationships are the most important aspects of many people’s lives. Nurturing, strong, fruitful and fulfilling loving relationships not only provide us with great joy and happiness, they also support our careers, inspire us towards the achievement of our deepest and most cherished goals, and provide […]

Improve Your Ability to Focus

  There are a few core skills that, if you can improve them, can multiply your efforts in almost everything else you do. Not all skills are like this. Being able to play the flute might be nice, but it isn’t going to help much with helping you lose weight or getting a promotion. Core […]

Understanding and treating an irritable bowel : Psychiatric Aspects

Irritable bowel syndrome significantly disrupts life for the women who have it. The good news is that we’re finding better ways to control it. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) affects an estimated 24 million people in the United States. Experts aren’t sure why, but 70% of sufferers are women. IBS causes recurrent episodes of constipation or […]

Antidepressants are like antibiotics

Simple analogies can sometimes be helpful when emphasizing a point with a patient.  In what ways are antidepressants like antibiotics? Each of these similarities makes an important point regarding treatment with antidepressants. 1. Antidepressants are not “happy pills” Antibiotics don’t work for all infections. When you have a sore throat, you don’t automatically take an […]

Yes it can be vitamin B12!

Over the course of two months, a 62-year-old man developed numbness and a “pins and needles” sensation in his hands, had trouble walking, experienced severe joint pain, began turning yellow, and became progressively short of breath. The cause was lack of vitamin B12 in his bloodstream, according to a case report  from Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital […]

How To Use eBooks In eLearning

        eBooks are portable, printable, and multiplatform-friendly. When they first arrived on the literary scene they were merely electronic copies of the original text. Today, they are fully interactive and immersive, making them a welcome addition to eLearning courses. At a moment’s notice, online learners can download an eBook onto their laptop, tablet, or […]

Loneliness Could Increase Paranoia, Study Suggests

Posted on: July 28, 2016/ Lonliness could be a cause of paranoia, and reducing loneliness could significantly decrease paranoid beliefs, a study published online in theJournal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry shows. A team of German researchers manipulated perceived levels of loneliness in a sample of 60 healthy participants, and measured the changes in […]

New Brain Map Charts Fresh Territory

Megan Brooks July 21, 2016 A team of neuroscientists has charted the most complex and precise map of the human cerebral cortex to date, and it has revealed almost 100 new regions. These findings will provide a greater understanding, as well as advance the study, of brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia, dementia, and epilepsy. […]

Distracted by Multitasking? Try Mindfulness

Sean’s coworkers used to be impressed with how he could scan through sales data and compose an email message while talking on the phone about an ad campaign with someone from marketing. They wondered if multitasking could help them get more work done. Then, they noticed Sean didn’t hit his performance goals. Are multitasking pros […]

Understanding the Law of Opposites

The Law of Opposites states that the path to success requires going against the norm. It requires doing the unpopular, the unreasonable, and the unorthodox. Moreover, it requires being the exception to the rule and not following standard and accepted practices, traditions, and rituals. The Law of Opposites suggests that the only way you will […]