PsychBriefs: February 10-16, 2008
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Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work.
People Ignore New Opinions When They Feel Powerful A series of experiments published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology show that feeling powerful makes people ignore new information, even when arguments are strong. This confidence can be upset, however, when an individual is placed in a new situation. [ARTICLE] Depressed Doctors Prone to Errors A study of 123 pediatric residents has found that depressed residents are six times more likely to make errors related to medication and that one in five of these future doctors met criteria for depression. Overall, the rate of errors remained low, however. [ABSTRACT] SHARE:
Posted In: Depression Research | Stress & Coping | Social Psychology | Tags: Medication | Doctors | Residents | Errors | Depression | Confidence | Power | Posted by FindCounseling.com Staff on February 15, 2008 at 09:07 AM | Permalink |
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