| Low Self Esteem Drives Alienating Facebook Posts - 2012-02-02 23:06:14 |
| Self sabotage is just as easy and natural online as it is in real life. People with low self esteem drive people away with negativity. In theory, the social networking website Facebook could be great for people with low self-esteem. Sharing is important for improving friendships. But in practice, people with low self-esteem seem to behave counterproductively, bombarding their friends with negative tidbits about their lives and making themselves less likeable, according to a new study which will be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. People who are really negative are less likable. Few want to be around Debbie Downer or Ned Negative. Each set of status updates was rated for how positive or... |
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| Blood Test Detects Mental Depression? - 2012-02-01 22:47:30 |
| Not sure if you are feeling enough mental pain to be classified as depressed? A blood test can detect depression. The initial assessment of a blood test to help diagnose major depressive disorder indicates it may become a useful clinical tool. In a paper published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, a team including Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers reports that a test analyzing levels of nine biomarkers accurately distinguished patients diagnosed with depression from control participants without significant false-positive results."Traditionally, diagnosis of major depression and other mental disorders has been made based on patients'reported symptoms, but the accuracy of that process varies a great deal, often depending on the experience and resources of the clinician conducting the assessment,"... |
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