Psychologon / Rešerše Babies who use eye contact more likely to build up vocabulary "Babies who frequently communicate with their caregivers using eye contact and vocalisations at the age of one are more likely to develop greater language skills by the time they reach two, according to new research." Read more in an article.

www.theguardian.com / 7. 10. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše In the twisted story of eugenics, the bad guy is all of us "Francis Galton is rightly criticised for advancing this immoral, racist non-science. But remember, his ideas were mainstream."  Read more in an article by Angela Saini.

www.theguardian.com / 7. 10. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše How much does poor body image affect mental health? "For Hannah Lewis, policy officer at Rethink Mental Illness, how we see ourselves is also a public health issue: “People with poor body image are at risk of self harm and of potentially harmful sexual behaviour,” she says. And poor body image can further undermine the wellbeing of people who already have a mental illness. Some medications can cause weight gain. “That’s really important to a person’s body image,” says Lewis. But can concerns about how you look directly lead to an eating disorder?"

www.theguardian.com / 18. 5. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše Are dating apps messing with our heads? "Dating apps are everywhere, but how do they affect our mental health? Follow three people on their dating journeys, find out what these apps might be doing to us, and learn how to use them better."

BBC / 6. 5. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše How do you prevent extremism? "Örell argues that the main outcome of the extremist mindset is to create a strong sense of belonging: “In these groups you have a very strong sense of purpose and cause. I think this goes for a range of groups, whether it's white power groups or violent Islamic extremist groups, or gangs. What I see for a lot of people, essentially, is having been part of a group where you have this very strong commitment, you feel you have the brothers who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for you, you have a cause that's so important you are prepared to risk your life for it. These mechanisms are quite unusual and build together a very strong sense of 'us'.”"

BBC / 2. 5. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše New Hope for Reversing the Trend in Depression and Suicide "When I ask a client to put more words on the experience of being depressed, I hear phrases like, “I feel disconnected, deadened and hopeless.” They are describing what it can feel like to be cut off from one’s core emotions. Learning about our emotions can help us understand them. It is the first step to making emotions less scary and overwhelming so we can learn to stop avoiding them. Education undoes damaging myths, like “strong people don’t have emotions” or "only weak people suffer.” When we understand emotions, our suffering changes from shameful to human."

www.psychologytoday.com / 15. 4. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše The cities that need a warning label? "Some cities seem to inspire psychotic breaks so frequently among their visitors, mental health syndromes have been named after them. But are conditions like Jerusalem or Paris syndrome real?"

BBC / 15. 4. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše How does income affect childhood brain development? "As a neuroscientist, one of things I find most exciting about the human brain is that our experiences change our brains. Now, this concept, known as neuroplasticity, means that these differences in children's brain structure don't doom a child to a life of low achievement. The brain is not destiny. And if a child's brain can be changed, then anything is possible."

www.ted.com / 8. 4. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše The two kinds of stories we tell about ourselves "Our identities and experiences are constantly shifting, and storytelling is how we make sense of it. By taking the disparate pieces of our lives and placing them together into a narrative, we create a unified whole that allows us to understand our lives as coherent — and coherence, psychologists say, is a key source of meaning."

www.ted.com / 20. 3. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše Is Psychedelic Medicine on the Horizon? "New research suggests that, if used properly, psychedelic compounds may be able to help patients with treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders. (...) “There is a lot of excitement about psychedelics in some circles now, but we need to remain in the right frame of mind and not get too enthusiastic or skeptical about their place in psychiatry,” Espi added. “But I do think there is enough evidence to say these compounds deserve to be in the conversation.”"

Psychiatric News / 19. 3. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše Why more men than women die by suicide "Tragically, suicide is not as rare as one might think. In 2016, the last year global data is available from the World Health Organization (WHO), there were an estimated 793,000 suicide deaths worldwide. Most were men. (...) Why are men struggling – and what can be done about it?"

BBC / 18. 3. 2019

Psychologon / Rešerše Our dangerous quest to perfect ourselves "Now, research shows that all three elements of perfectionism associate with compromised mental health, including things like heightened depression, heightened anxiety and suicide ideation. But, by far, the most problematic element of perfectionism is socially prescribed perfectionism. That sense that everyone expects me to be perfect. This element of perfectionism has a large correlation with serious mental illness."

www.ted.com / 15. 3. 2019