Human Sexuality Archives

PsychBriefs: January 13-19, 2008 - January 19, 2008

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Bisexuality more than a phase A ten-year study of 79 non-heterosexual women shows that bisexuality in women should not be viewed...
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PsychBriefs: November 25-December 1, 2007 - December 1, 2007

Personality Does Matter Having desirable personality traits can make you more attractive, shows a study published in the journal Personal Relationships. In the experiment, male and female college students rated the attractiveness of pictures of members of the opposite sex....
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PsychBriefs: October 21-27, 2007 - October 26, 2007

Scientists Identify Drug-Craving Region of Brain Chilean researchers have identified a region of the brain called the insular cortex, or insula, as being central to amphetamine addiction in rats. This region of the brain was found to be tied not...
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PsychBriefs: September 30-October 6, 2007 - October 5, 2007

More Evidence for Influence of Cinematic Smoking A study of 1,528 adults age 18 to 25 highlights the impact of on-screen smoking on young adults. Comparing subjects' exposure to smoking in films over the past 30 days to rates of...
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PsychBriefs: August 19 - 25, 2007 - August 24, 2007

Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Boys with Reading Problems Fare Better with Female Teachers A study of 175 third- and fourth-grade boys in a ten-week reading...
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Sleep Sex: More Nightmare Than Dream Come True - June 13, 2007

From "dirty talk" to intercourse, men and women suffering from a rare but legitimate set of disorders may engage in a variety of sexual activity, both alone or involving others, all while asleep. Because amnesia is a symptom, those who...
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Early Sexual Experience Linked to Teen Delinquency - February 27, 2007

Adolescents who start having sex a year or more earlier than their peers are 20 percent more likely to commit acts of delinquency such as stealing, vandalizing property and selling drugs. Meanwhile students who waited longer than the average student...
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Criminal Exhibitionists Likely to Re-Offend - November 17, 2006

A long-term study of exhibitionists published in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law shows that they are likely to offend again or commit additional sexual offenses. Researchers followed 208 male exhibtionists from 1983 to 1996....
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Article: Mental Illness and Intimate Relationships - November 13, 2006

For years, mental health professionals have urged patients with severe mental illness to avoid romantic relationships or simply failed to address the sexuality of their clients. However, both studies on these individuals and a new website giving a voice to...
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Depression Linked to Risky Sex Behavior in African-American Youth - September 5, 2006

A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School reveals that African American adolescents with symptoms of depression are more than four times likely to engage in risky sexual behavior. The study asked four hundred...
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Teens At Risk With Both Main and Casual Sex Partners - August 23, 2006

A study by researchers at the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center and Brown Medical School has showed that teens are more likely to use condoms with partners they perceive as "casual" than with a "main" or serious partner. However, the...
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