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“Claim Your Dose”: How Text-Message Reminders Can Increase Uptake Of COVID-19 Vaccines
By Emma L. Barratt Overcoming psychological barriers to vaccination remains a significant hurdle for COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Any given COVID-19 news feature will remind you that vaccine hesitancy is rife, especially in countries such as the United States. Compounding the issue further, even those who fully intend to get their jab can be forgetful or procrastinate, further hampering efforts to get shots in arms. As such, it’s vital to develop an effective toolbox to make it as effortless and appealing as possible for patients to book and turn up for their appointments. And though they may seem insignificant, ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - August 26, 2021 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Coronavirus Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Celebrating a COVID Christmas
We’ve made it to the end of 2020! From polarizing politics to raging fires to COVID-19, it’s been a real doozy. And now the holidays… Do we celebrate with loved ones and risk COVID or take a pass? What are the risks? In today’s show, our guest Dr. John Grohol, founder of Psych Central, explains how this isn’t going to be our regular holiday season and that’s okay: We can easily make lemonade out of lemons. SUBSCRIBE & REVIEW   Guest information for ‘Dr. John Grohol- COVID Christmas’ Podcast Episode John M. Grohol, Psy.D. is a pioneer in online mental health and psychology. Recognizing the edu...
Source: World of Psychology - December 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: General Holiday Coping Interview Podcast The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs

Grimacing Or Smiling Can Make An Injection Feel Less Painful
By Emma Young If you’re preparing to receive a flu vaccine — or even a COVID-19 vaccine — this winter, you’ll be interested in the results of a new study that investigates whether it’s better to smile or grimace your way through the pain of an injection. The idea that manipulating our facial expressions can affect our emotions has a long and storied history. There are many advocates of this “facial feedback hypothesis”, and many critics, too. Indeed, one of the classic findings in the field — that people find cartoons funnier if they hold a pen between their teeth, inducing a smile — recent...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - December 1, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Emotion Faces Source Type: blogs

Politics, Elections, and the Post-Truth Era
Let’s talk politics and lies. Why are they so rampant today? In today’s Psych Central Podcast, our host speaks with author and communications expert Tim Ward who explains why the truth matters so much — especially regarding our elected officials. They discuss our cognitive biases, like the “halo” and “anchoring” effects, that can cause us to turn a blind eye and believe the lies we hear. Learn about the different types of lies politicians tell and learn how can we avoid being the victims of fake news.  Click on the player above to listen now!   We want to hear from you! Please fill out our listener ...
Source: World of Psychology - September 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gabe Howard Tags: Ethics & Morality Minding the Media The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs

We ’re Not Very Good At Identifying Illness From Sounds of Coughs and Sneezes
By Emily Reynolds At the moment, most of us are on red alert when it comes to sounds of illness, with sniffling in the supermarket or coughing behind us in a queue the cause of significant alarm. And while we might like to think we’re able to tell the difference between someone clearing their throat and somebody who is genuinely unwell, new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B suggests we’re less good at identifying threats than we think. To investigate how well people can detect pathogen threats from cough and sneeze sounds, Nicholas M. Michalak from the University of Michigan and colleagues first...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 25, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Health Perception Source Type: blogs

Zoom and Gloom
During our stay-at-home mandates, virtual meetings have become the go-to for continuing necessary and meaningful relationships, and perhaps even to get a little self-care. In fact, some of us may find ourselves overbooked with digital appointments, be it Zoom board-game battles or FaceTime catch-up sessions — sometimes, with people we barely had any pre-pandemic contact with.  Although today it seems as common as oxygen, these technologies and devices are not available to all of us, namely those in lower income households. Those of us who have the luxury of this access are incredibly lucky. We are able to connect du...
Source: World of Psychology - June 3, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jason Karasev, M.A. Tags: Industrial and Workplace Relationships coronavirus COVID-19 social distancing Social Isolation Source Type: blogs

Five Positive Lessons COVID-19 Can Teach Our Children
As schools begin to discuss the parameters and possibilities of safely reopening in the Fall, one question burns on the mind of every parent, “What has or will this experience do to my child psychologically?”  It’s true that the extreme measures that have been taken and the dire circumstances of COVID-19 have left an impression of which we have yet to see the full effects. Depending on children’s ages, their experience ranges from very little awareness to total and complete cognitive dissonance of what they thought their senior year, for instance, would look like.  The way families cope with this new environment ...
Source: World of Psychology - May 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bonnie McClure Tags: Children and Teens Parenting coronavirus COVID-19 Gratitude Source Type: blogs

New Norms And Difficult Dogs: The Week ’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web Sharing the content of your dreams with others can improve your relationships and increase your empathy levels, write Mark Blagrove and Julia Lockheart at The Conversation. Listening to someone discuss their dreams can help you enter their world and better understand their perspective, the pair write, while the act of story-telling can strengthen social bonds. Scientists have used electrical stimulation in the brain to allow blind people to “see” traces of letters and other shapes, reports Laura Sanders at Science News. Using electrodes impl...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 15, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Weekly links Source Type: blogs

COVID-19: Keys to Long-term Recovery
The COVID-19 virus has impacted and will continue to impact every aspect of our lives. Fortunately, we can get a head start on successful recovery from these effects by taking lessons from people who are grieving and those who are battling substance abuse. At first glance, this may seem an unusual comparison. Maybe losing loved ones to the pandemic ties into grief support, but how can economic and social turmoil be calmed by that? How can sobriety, long-term or not, be remotely related to any of these subjects? It turns out the three are closely related in coping strategies and systematic approaches required for our world...
Source: World of Psychology - April 23, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jan McDaniel Tags: Anxiety and Panic General Substance Abuse coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic Source Type: blogs

A Potential COVID-19 Vaccine Developed By Scientists
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Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - April 4, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID Source Type: blogs

Anorexic and Pregnant
I was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa over a decade ago. Blinded by the eating disorder to the damage that was occurring both internally and externally, the possibility of infertility did not occur to me. When I married at 21, my husband and I both dreamed of one day becoming parents and I lived in this optimism for some time. However, after my periods stopped for 7 years, I began to doubt if being a mother would ever be my reality.  As an eating disorder patient, I had been regularly informed of the risk factors of my illness, some of which included amenorrhoea, the absence of menstruation, and a high chance of infertili...
Source: World of Psychology - March 26, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Esther Dark Tags: Anorexia Eating Disorders Personal Pregnancy Infertility Source Type: blogs

Podcast: Don ’ t Let Coronavirus Impact Your Mental Health
 It’s often said that fear is the most dangerous virus on the planet. While a relatively small percentage of people will contract the new coronavirus, or COVID-19, the fear it provokes will chip away at the mental health of nearly everyone who hears about it. So why does COVID-19 inspire so much fear when there are other diseases lurking in the shadows? And what can we do about it? In today’s podcast, our guest Dr. David Batman, a registered medical practitioner in the U.K., discusses how this high level of unprecedented global panic is being intensified by the non-stop media, and specifically, social media. Tune i...
Source: World of Psychology - March 26, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: The Psych Central Podcast Tags: Anxiety and Panic General Health-related Interview Podcast The Psych Central Show Source Type: blogs

Finding Comfort in Predictions
On March 11 I wrote the following notes in my personal journal: The coronavirus is currently in outbreak mode around the world. There are 125,865 known infections worldwide, with almost 81K in China. In the USA there are already 1281 infections, 7 of them in Nevada. But that’s largely due to severe under-testing.I think the USA is in for a big reckoning, especially with Donald Trump being a complete idiot in his response to this, clearly caring more about the economy and his own self-interests than about people’s lives.The death rate of this virus seems to be about 3-4%, a lot deadlier than the flu. There’s a good...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - March 24, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Emotions Health Source Type: blogs

Panic Buying: The Psychology of Hoarding Toilet Paper, Beans & Soup
There’s a very good article by Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Why Are People Hoarding Toilet Paper? that dives into the psychology of this behavior. It’s a good question, because what we’re seeing are American consumers acting in a seemingly irrational manner in reaction to the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. Panic buying is what people do when faced with an imminent disaster, whether it be natural — such as a hurricane or snowstorm — or something else, like the spread of a virus for which there is no effective treatment or vaccine. And while it seems irrational on the surface, it actually ha...
Source: World of Psychology - March 19, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: General Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Policy and Advocacy Psychology Research Stress coronavirus COVID-19 crisis emotional contagion hoarding hoarding toilet paper panic buying Source Type: blogs

The Stun Setting
Lately I’ve been feeling like we’re living through a particular Star Trek: The Next Generation episode. No, not “Contagion” – that’s about a computer virus. Not “Thine Own Self” either, but that’s a good guess. I’m thinking of “The Ensigns of Command.” That’s the episode where Data, the android character, must convince a bunch of stubborn colonists that they need to immediately pack up and leave the colony they worked so hard to build. The human colonists must leave because thanks to a treaty, the planet where they’ve built their co...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - March 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Emotions Health Values Source Type: blogs