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An extensive study by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research concludes that PTSD and depression play a larger role than previously acknowledged in symptoms suffered by soldiers returning from war.
A new study shows that the results of around a third of drug trials have not been released. Once these are taken into account, the advantage of antidepressants over placebos shrinks significantly. This amounts to seriously misleading the public about the drugs’ effectiveness.
The results of a study seem to suggest that the human body thinks and acts at the same time, following an intuition which leans towards positive answers.
New research from the University of Chicago suggests that anthropomorphism — giving human characteristics to animals, things, or supernatural beings, and forming relationships with them — helps people deal with loneliness.
Are young people taking up, or making up, new forms of spirituality uniquely concerned with self-fulfilment? Does this lead to individualism at the expense of society and their own mental health? Or is this a scare story which gets cause and effect mixed up?
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