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Psychology - Pedagogy - 10.06.2025
Class of 2025: Doctor of Education graduate addresses rising adolescent anxiety and depression
Class of 2025: Doctor of Education graduate addresses rising adolescent anxiety and depression

Psychology - Health - 09.06.2025
Mindfulness law course positively impacts student well-being
Mindfulness law course positively impacts student well-being

Psychology - Social Sciences - 06.06.2025
Researchers examine impact of avatars and virtual dogs on human emotions
Researchers examine impact of avatars and virtual dogs on human emotions

Health - Psychology - 05.06.2025
Find peace by confronting your inner demons-virtually
Find peace by confronting your inner demons-virtually

Career - Psychology - 14.05.2025
Creative sentencing funds Alberta research into worker safety
Creative sentencing funds Alberta research into worker safety
UCalgary psychologist Thomas O'Neill leads project to improve mining and construction safety programs, following oilsands death in 2022 After Brandon Nelson died in 2002, while performing routine main

Psychology - Health - 12.05.2025
Passive scrolling linked to anxiety, other mental health concerns in teens
Passive scrolling linked to anxiety, other mental health concerns in teens
Exceeding two hours of weekday screen time doubled odds of clinically elevated anxiety, quadrupled emotional and behavioural difficulties Heightened anxiety, depression, aggression and impulsiveness i

Campus - Psychology - 07.05.2025
Oh, the places you'll go!
Oh, the places you’ll go!

Career - Psychology - 05.05.2025
Ivey prof probes power and peril of office nicknames
From "Kate the Great" to "Neutron Jack," nicknames are often a staple of office culture. But do they truly belong in a professional setting?

Health - Psychology - 24.04.2025
UCalgary researcher redefines infertility through women's voices
UCalgary researcher redefines infertility through women’s voices
Note to readers: This article contains information about fertility treatments, stillbirth, miscarriage, and pregnancy loss and may be emotionally challenging for those who have experienced any of these.

Social Sciences - Psychology - 15.04.2025
Lack of services, stigma leave male survivors of intimate partner violence without support, SFU study finds
Men experiencing intimate partner violence turn to harmful coping strategies due to limited services and persistent social stigma, according to a new Simon Fraser University study.

Psychology - Life Sciences - 02.04.2025
Music to their ears
A new study looks at differences in music listening habits between young adults with ADHD and their neurotypical peers.

Psychology - Health - 13.03.2025
Patricia Conrod appointed scientific director of the CIHR's addiction institute
Patricia Conrod appointed scientific director of the CIHR’s addiction institute

Psychology - Health - 11.03.2025
Social media use amplifies delusional disorders: SFU study
A new study from Simon Fraser researchers has found a close link between high levels of social media use and psychiatric disorders that involve delusions, such as narcissism and body dysmorphic disorder.

Health - Psychology - 27.02.2025
Olfactory reference syndrome: when you’re obsessed with your BO
Exploring a condition in which people falsely believe they emit bad body odour, Ph.D. candidate Morganne Masse highlights the significance of smell in psychiatry.

Pedagogy - Psychology - 26.02.2025
In preparing children for a racially unequal society, families of colour can benefit from more support
In preparing children for a racially unequal society, families of colour can benefit from more support, study finds Researcher says parents should double down on key messages, which focus on feeling

Psychology - Health - 20.02.2025
David Hodgins to deliver UCalgary's 2025 Lecture of a Lifetime
David Hodgins to deliver UCalgary’s 2025 Lecture of a Lifetime

Campus - Psychology - 11.02.2025
On track to help the car racers of tomorrow

Psychology - Health - 06.02.2025
Five reasons for the decline in teen suicides in Quebec
Five reasons for the decline in teen suicides in Quebec
The suicide rate for young people in Quebec has dropped significantly in recent decades. What's behind the change? Since the 1990s, the suicide rate among young Quebecers has plummeted.

Sport - Psychology - 04.02.2025
To sit or to cycle: which is best for students?
To sit or to cycle: which is best for students?
Is combining exercise and learning such a good idea? Researchers at UdeM's School of Kinesiology and Physical Activity Sciences did a lab test with 24 students to find out.

Psychology - Health - 03.02.2025
Innovative program helps seniors manage stress
A new study shows significant long-term reductions in the stress hormone cortisol in seniors taking part in the O'stress program.

Psychology - Health - 16.01.2025
Preventing substance-use disorders in teenagers
Two 90-minute workshops in Grade 7 can help students have fewer problems with drugs and alcohol by the time they graduate, UdeM psychologist and clinical researcher Patricia Conrad finds in a study. A new randomized controlled trial involving experimental and control groups in Canada has demonstrated the effectiveness of a brief cognitive-behavioral intervention program in reducing substance use disorders (SUDs) in adolescents.

Health - Psychology - 09.01.2025
What does it mean to have a ’mental-health crisis’

Health - Psychology - 16.12.2024
Schulich PhD candidate tackles mental health research, support

Psychology - Health - 03.12.2024
Addressing the mental health impacts of conflicts and climate change

Pedagogy - Psychology - 28.11.2024
Preschool education: A key to supporting allophone children
A Canadian study reveals that allophone children who attend daycare are better prepared for kindergarten.

Psychology - 25.11.2024
Music training boosts children’s cognitive development
A meta-analysis by UdeM doctoral candidate Kevin Jamey shows promising evidence that learning to play an instrument can help kids focus.

Health - Psychology - 19.11.2024
UCalgary startup Taylored Biotherapeutics develops mental health solutions targeting the gut-brain connection
UCalgary startup Taylored Biotherapeutics develops mental health solutions targeting the gut-brain connection

Psychology - 14.11.2024
Combating dementia with film, communication and emotion

Health - Psychology - 07.11.2024
Ontario Tech-driven research exploring the promise of virtual reality (VR) in dementia care
Ontario Tech-driven research exploring the promise of virtual reality (VR) in dementia care
Early results suggest VR reminiscence therapy is a technology with far-reaching potential to improve the lives of people with dementia While emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and arti

Psychology - Health - 06.11.2024
New AI chatbot could be the 'door' to mental health
New AI chatbot could be the ’door’ to mental health
A University of Waterloo student developed an AI-powered app to help people exhibiting early signs of a mental health condition.

Music - Psychology - 30.10.2024
Symphony of Terror

Psychology - Campus - 18.10.2024
Western PhD candidate’s internet addiction research earns national recognition

Psychology - Health - 17.10.2024
Playing video games may improve cognitive performance
Playing video games may improve cognitive performance

Health - Psychology - 10.10.2024
Into the Mystic: Western researcher explores virtual reality for mental health therapy
Into the Mystic: Western researcher explores virtual reality for mental health therapy
Close your eyes. Breathe in. Breathe out. Now picture this. You are standing on the beach, feeling the soft, warm sand underneath your feet, watching the ocean waves crash gently onto the shore and palm trees swaying in the wind.

Health - Psychology - 09.10.2024
Exploring links between trauma and health - Dr. Gabor Maté awarded SFU’s Sterling Prize for Controversy

Health - Psychology - 09.10.2024
Exploring the Western research on aging that's helping us live better, longer
Exploring the Western research on aging that’s helping us live better, longer

Health - Psychology - 26.09.2024
Michelle Carr: Manipulating dreams to improve mental health
Michelle Carr: Manipulating dreams to improve mental health

Psychology - Health - 24.09.2024
Valérie Courchesne: Promoting the mental health of people with autism
Valérie Courchesne: Promoting the mental health of people with autism
Newly appointed to UdeM's Department of Psychology, the assistant professor studies ways to enhance the well-being of those on the autism spectrum.

Psychology - Agronomy & Food Science - 29.08.2024
How to optimize learning?
Back to school! Here are some science-based tips and tricks to improve your retention skills and maximize your chances of a successful semester. Would you like to start the new year off on the right foot and do everything in your power to ensure a successful session? To achieve this, why not use effective means to improve knowledge acquisition, retention and retrieval? Gyslain Giguère, lecturer in Cognitive Processes 1 at the Université de Montréal's Department of Psychology, gives an overview of human attentional and memory processes, and presents ways of exploiting them to promote learning.

Psychology - Social Sciences - 22.08.2024
People seen as wise share these characteristics, according to a new study
What makes someone seem wise? People view wisdom through the lens of applying knowledge and thinking logically as well as considering others' feelings and perceptions, finds a new study led by Univers

Health - Psychology - 21.08.2024
Solving the crisis: Mental health on the edge
Solving the crisis: Mental health on the edge
The "Solving the crisis:" series explores the pressing challenges of our time, including climate change, biodiversity collapse, housing affordability and more. Each article highlights how Waterloo, a hub of research, innovation and creative thinking, is uniquely positioned to address these issues. Through this series, we highlight the dedication of researchers to tackling global crises and shaping a better future for all.

Health - Psychology - 14.08.2024
Researcher receives $1.3 million for study on child and youth multimorbidity
Researcher receives $1.3 million for study on child and youth multimorbidity
Dr. Mark Ferro's ongoing study supports mental health in children and youth living with physical illnesses across the life span Dr. Mark Ferro, School of Public Health Sciences associate professor and Canada Research Chair in Youth Mental Health, is to receive nearly $1.3 million over five years from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Psychology - Health - 12.07.2024
Q and A with the experts: Break the cycle of burnout
Q and A with the experts: Break the cycle of burnout

Health - Psychology - 12.07.2024
Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation commits $9.9M to support next chapter of Owerko Centre
Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation commits $9.9M to support next chapter of Owerko Centre

Psychology - Health - 10.07.2024
Couple-based therapy to improve sexual desire
Couple-based therapy to improve sexual desire
A new form of cognitive-behavioural couple therapy may help women diagnosed with sexual desire disorders and reduce the emotional distress associated with it.

Health - Psychology - 03.07.2024
UCalgary team develops global online hub for adverse childhood experiences research
UCalgary team develops global online hub for adverse childhood experiences research
In the past few years, research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has grown tremendously as researchers uncover the long-term physical and mental health effects of these experiences.

Psychology - Pedagogy - 21.06.2024
Education prof leads the way with behaviour science for inclusion
Education prof leads the way with behaviour science for inclusion

Health - Psychology - 06.06.2024
Health sciences prof Roula Hawa runs mindfulness study to reduce HIV risks
Health sciences prof Roula Hawa runs mindfulness study to reduce HIV risks
A Western professor is launching a new mindfulness study as a tool to create connection, heighten resilience and lower high-risk activity within a population facing many new cases of HIV.

Health - Psychology - 23.05.2024
One year in, The Summit transforms mental health care for youth in Calgary
One year in, The Summit transforms mental health care for youth in Calgary
Every patient has an opportunity to improve the outcome for the next young person to walk in the front door There's an audible series of clicks, and once the electromagnetic coil is dialed in to deliver the perfect amount of stimulation to the brain, an involuntary twitch of the finger.

Psychology - Computer Science - 10.05.2024
Virtual reality to help teen mental health
Virtual reality to help teen mental health
A Simon Fraser University (SFU) researcher is using virtual reality (VR) to help teens regulate their emotions and is using their feedback to help design and develop better technologies for psychologists.
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