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Spring cleaning 2014: Time to tackle your tech habits

A couple of weeks ago, a disgruntled teenager slouched on my couch recounting how his mother had disconnected their home Internet.  

Yale student claims university threatened to suspend her if she didn’t gain weight

A student at Yale University said she was faced with an unusual college dilemma for the past few months: gain weight or leave school.

Mindfulness-based therapy eases veterans' PTSD symptoms

Some veterans may experience a sharper decline in symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with mindfulness-based stress reduction therapy than with other forms of group treatment, a study suggests.

'Virtual reality' treatment shows promise for alcoholism

A form of "virtual reality" therapy might help treat alcohol addiction, suggests a preliminary study from South Korea.

Early life adversity linked to later depression for teens

Tough experiences before age six, like family instability or abuse, are tied to changes in brain structure and to a higher risk of anxiety or depression, according to a study of mother-son pairs in England.

Indian women with disabilities at risk in mental institutions

Women and girls with disabilities in India are pushed into mental institutions, where they live in unsanitary conditions and are at constant risk of physical and sexual violence, Human Rights Watch said in a report Wednesday.

Clinically depressed three times more likely to commit violent crime

People diagnosed with major depression are around three times more likely than the general population to commit violent crimes such as robbery, sexual offences and assault, psychiatric experts said on Wednesday.

Stress may be ‘caught’ from social media, study says

Social media users beware — connecting with people online could be damaging to your health.

Nondirective meditation helps brain process memories and emotions, study says

Meditation is often promoted as a solution for stress –  and now new research shows that allowing the mind to wander during meditation may help the brain process memories and emotions, Medical Daily reported.

Hypnosis as therapy for anxiety, stress

Thanks to on-stage brainwashing sessions and movies featuring disgruntled workers taking a baseball bat to the printer (Office Space, anyone?), hypnosis has a rep for being little more than pure entertainment.