Boys under report their depression and often don’t get help. Unfortunately this pattern continues into adulthood. Eight percent of all teenagers ages 12-17 report  feeling depressed two or more weeks in the last year and this number breaks down very...

One of the most difficult things for many people to do is express anger. Some people bottle it up until they explode with venom and others go silent. We all learn whether to show our anger or hide our anger from our parents and what we learn can have a profound...

One in five respondents in a survey asking people their biggest regret discussed a lost opportunity in love. The next most common regret involves a family issue. In this study women fret about a lost love twice as much as men. People expressed regret about the things...

Research in Positive Psychology, which studies Happiness, has found that too much focus on feeling happy can backfire and actually leave you feeling less happy. They found that the things that really matter in life aren’t ones that lead to short bursts of...

Recent studies say that it is not necessarily the best idea to pressure someone to debrief after a trauma. For some the act of retelling can even be harmful to them. We need to respect each individual’s different means of coping which means we can’t assume...

There is a widespread belief that we are supposed to be hard on ourselves. However, research shows that if you treat yourself kindly and accept your imperfections you may have less depression and anxiety. Many people fear that they will become self indulgent or will...

Little research has explored the possible effects of cyberbullying on children.   When students are asked how they believe cyberbullying affected them, they indicate that it made them sad and unwilling to attend school (Raskauskas &...

While we would like to believe we have control, our brain deserves the credit or blame for how we feel when we fall in love.Many people would like to maintain the power and passion of early love, but most long term relationships will morph into a more stable...

What do you think about more and more children starting school almost six? Redshirting used to describe a college athlete sitting out his freshman year. Now the term is being used for kids starting kindergarten. Studies differ about whether there is a benefit to...