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Kaspar the Friendly Robot Helps Autistic Kids

STEVENAGE, England -- Eden Sawczenko used to recoil when other little girls held her hand and turned stiff when they hugged her. This year, the 4-year-old autistic girl began playing with a robot that teaches about emotions and physical contact -- and now she hugs everyone. Alastair Grant, AP Eden Sawczenko...

Opinion: The Rush to Diagnose Charlie Sheen

Many articles and blog posts have speculated about Charlie Sheen's recent bizarre behavior, and various possible diagnoses have been mentioned. People want to understand him -- what's wrong with him, why he's behaving this way and what can be done to help him. Although mental health clinicians might seem to be the perfect...

Meet the Woman Who Eats Couch Cushions

Compulsions drive people to do very strange and unusual things. But eating couch cushions? That may very well be the strangest yet. Adele, a 30-year-old woman from Bradenton, Fla., recently came forward on a TV show about her bizarre taste for foam materials. The woman is featured on the TLC program "My Strange...

Scientists Study Woman With No Fears

(Dec. 19) -- Is there anything you're not afraid of? Imagine what it must be like to never experience fear of any kind. A woman with a rare genetic disorder, Urbach-Wiethe disease, isn't frightened by anything – haunted houses, spiders, snakes, movie monsters, death threats, being attacked or robbed, the Live...

Study: Playing Tetris Can Help Reduce Flashbacks

LONDON (Nov. 11) -- Picture the scene: You're lying in a hospital bed after being pulled out of a terrifying car crash. The doctors haven't found any physical injuries, but before you're allowed to leave, they hand you a Game Boy and insist you play Tetris for 10 minutes. That might sound a little unreasonable (you're...

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05/28/12 Help combat memory loss at Portland's Memory Cafe Source: Dorset Echo - Dorset - UK PEOPLE suffering from memory loss across Portland are invited to attend Memory Cafe and Singing for the Brain sessions.
05/28/12 The Hunting Knife Dad Sent Me Source: LA Progressive A couple weeks ago, I was surprised how worked up I got when Rev. Hannah Petrie, the associate pastor at our church, asked if I would share my thoughts on the things I had carried as a foot soldier during the Vietnam War and afterwards.
05/28/12 Is Overstimulation a Disorder? Source: ABC - KFBB 5 - Great Falls MT His mother said he began reading at a very early age, and he was a bright student in preschool.
05/28/12 Doubt Cast on Usefulness of 'Sensory' Therapies for... Source: Everyday Health Sensory therapies using brushes, swings and other play equipment are increasingly used by occupational therapists to treat children with developmental issues such as autism, but a large pediatricians organization says there isn't much evidence that such therapies actually work.
05/28/12 Baboons show life at the top can be good for your... Source: Daily Herald - Arlington Heights IL Many studies in humans and animals suggest that chronic stress is bad for one's health, in part because it suppresses the immune system.

Background on Abnormal psychology

Abnormal psychology is the branch of psychology that studies unusual patterns of behavior, emotion and thought, which may or may not be understood as precipitating a mental disorder.

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