Long-term pain is a major issue affecting large portions of the population, as evidenced by the current Opioid crisis in the United States. For some conditions, the only feasible treatment option is physical therapy. One study examined whether Tai Chi could serve as an effective alternative to physical therapy in knee osteoarthritis (Wang et al., […]

Heavy drinking is a major issue for substantial portions of the population, and particularly for college students. With such widespread issues, home-based treatment is particularly useful, because it can be accessed by the large numbers of people who could benefit from it. One study developed a home-based program and assessed its usefulness for heavy drinkers […]

With the rise of social media, there has been much discussion of its psychological effects. While it seems intuitive that certain aspects of social media have negative effects, there may also be positive effects associated with social media. For example, one study examined the use of social media as a support network for low-income mothers […]

For years, research has suggested that caffeine consumption has certain cognitive benefits (as have caffeine drinkers). Therefore, many studies investigating the cognitive effects of caffeine have recently been conducted. One of these studies examined the potential protective effect of caffeine on the development of dementia or global cognitive impairment (Driscoll et al., 2016). This article […]

In the last few years, pedometers and personal fitness trackers have experienced a boom in popularity. Everyone wants to each that mark of 10,000 steps a day, and having a nice device on your wrist to guide you is a nice motivator. However, they need to be implemented correctly to achieve a maximum affect. As […]

Psychosis and disorders like schizophrenia are inextricably related to loneliness. Therefore, as a preliminary investigation, one study examined the relationship between loneliness and paranoia in a sample of healthy participants (Lamster et al., 2017). This article will briefly summarize that study. Methods This study examined 60 healthy individuals who had never been diagnosed with a […]

Eating healthy is something that all of us should strive for (but not to the extent of promoting unhealthy eating behavior, of course). Various organizations have spent decades trying to find out how to best encourage people to eat healthy. One paper interested in this topic examined the effectiveness of various healthy food messaging strategies […]

One common perception of PhD students is that they are extremely stressed and overworked. Research shows that this perception is not completely unfounded. For example, one study examined mental health in PhD students as it relates to work and organizational context (Levecque et al., 2017). This article will briefly review the procedure used in this […]

Sleep is extremely important. Most of us know that on some level, yet many of us still do not get enough sleep. There have been countless studies examining the psychological effects of sleep deprivation, including one that examined its effect on the formation of false memories (Lo et al., 2016). This article will briefly review […]