http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/74389211/google-underestimated-popular-new-zealand-tourist-route Google asked NZTA to check the times on other journeys, “because we do a lot of driving” and most of the other algorithms it used in New Zealand were “fairly close”, Harland said. “This particular route came up because it has so many difficult bits.” A NZTA spokeswoman confirmedContinue Reading
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/university-yoga-class-suspended-over-cultural-appropriation-dispute-a6744426.html Yoga has become the latest victim of political correctness on university campuses, after a free class was cancelled because of complaints that the lessons were an unaceptable “cultural appropriation” of a non-Western practice. Jennifer Scharf, a yoga practitioner who has offered free weekly sessions to students at the UniversityContinue Reading
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/parenting/pregnancy/birth/74360342/how-a-traumatic-birth-can-have-a-profound-impact-on-relationships Counsellor Elly Taylor, who specialises in parenthood, says that the impact of a traumatic birth on a couple’s relationship can be devastating. “I’ve had couples that have split up over a traumatic birth experience. At a time when couples are forming their family, the way that the family wasContinue Reading
http://www.advocate.com/military/2015/11/24/watch-defense-dept-takes-aim-sexual-assault-men “The moment a man enlists in the United States armed forces, his chances of being sexually assaulted increase by a factor of ten,” wrote Nathaniel Penn in a GQ report on the growing epidemic of rape in the military. “Women, of course, are much more likely to be victimsContinue Reading
http://www.mtv.com/news/2545598/jessica-jones-sexual-violence-david-tennant-interview/ As you may have heard by now, Marvel’s latest outing, the Netflix series “Jessica Jones,” is a story about PTSD and sexual violence. Over the span of 13 episodes, Jessica (Krysten Ritter) does her best to defeat the sinister Kilgrave (David Tennant), a man born with the powers ofContinue Reading
Loneliness triggers cellular changes that can cause illness, study shows https://t.co/pMsK7Svmpw pic.twitter.com/IukRypI3pJ — PsyPost.org (@PsyPost) November 24, 2015 Previous research from this group had identified a link between loneliness and a phenomenon they called “conserved transcriptional response to adversity” or CTRA. This response is characterized by an increased expression ofContinue Reading
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1511/S00086/schizophrenia-linked-to-environmental-causes.htm Schizophrenia linked to environmental causes A New Zealand court case about the relationship of sexual abuse to the development of schizophrenia has potential for alternative understandings around causes of mental illness to be considered in legal contexts. That’s the conclusion from a study by researchers at the Centre forContinue Reading
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11549798 New research published in the latest edition of the Economic Journal suggests that there is some truth behind the concept of the midlife crisis. According to the paper, a person’s happiness is ‘U-shaped’ throughout their lives – that the average human’s wellbeing hits a low-point in their early 40sContinue Reading
http://blogs.psychcentral.com/embracing-balance/2015/11/do-you-isolate-during-depression/ Isolating when depression hits is a tool that many of us use for all sorts of different reasons. I isolate not only because when I’m depressed I sometimes find it exhausting to be around others, but also because I don’t want my dark cloud looming over everyone else. Unfortunately,Continue Reading
