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CORAL GABLES, Fla., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Accentmarketing has partnered with internationally renowned psychiatrist and cultural anthropologist Dr. G. C. Rapaille, of Archetype Discoveries Worldwide (ADW), for his most profound Hispanic initiative to date - The Syndicated Discovery Study on Hispanic Culture in the US: Understanding the US Hispanic Community at a Core Cultural Level. This joint venture aims to provide marketers with an in-depth knowledge of the motivating emotional triggers...

The tour seeks ways to educate for the new competencies required of 21st century mental health leaders NEW YORK, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The rising rates of mental illness, the growing middle class, and rising societal pressures have led the Chinese government to take a hard look at the psychological impact of its growing economy. This tour of China in mid October visits leading forward-thinking mental health institutions that are already preparing for the new challenges. The...

More than one-third of infants and toddlers live with the television on most of the time and it may hinder parent/child interaction, U.S. researchers say. University of Massachusetts researchers studied about 50 1-, 2- and 3-year-old children, each of whom was with one parent, at a university child study center. For half of the one-hour session, parents and children were in a playroom without TV. For the other half-hour, parents chose an adult-directed program to watch, such as the...

Having a narcissistic -- self-serving -- boss creates a toxic environment for everyone who has contact with such a boss, U.S. researchers said. Wayne Hochwarter of the Florida State University College of Business asked more than 1,200 employees to provide opinions regarding the narcissistic tendencies of their immediate supervisor. The study found those who reported working for a narcissistic boss had lower levels of job satisfaction, saw their stress levels increase over the previous year,...

In recent years, the motivations of business leaders such as financier Bernard Madoff and former Enron CEO Ken Lay have come under increased scrutiny as a result of behavior that caused both their employees and the public considerable distress. Unquestionably, many of the documented lapses in judgment can be traced to selfishness and a failure to check one's ego.To better establish the level of self-serving behavior, a recent study was conducted to examine the narcissistic tendencies of...

A new study of trends in baby naming indicates Hollywood stars aren't the only ones who give their children unusual names, say two U.S. psychologists. Jean Twenge of California and W. Keith Campbell of Georgia say an analysis of names on Social Security applications indicates a dramatic decline in common names occurred during the 1990s, USA Today reported Wednesday. The two researchers looked at the names of 325 million Americans born between 1880 and 2007. The trend of giving children less...

German-born radio personality and writer Clement Freud, the grandson of psychoanalysis pioneer Sigmund Freud, has died at the age of 84, his family said. The Times of London said Freud -- a World War II veteran who lived in England most of his life and who was also known as a politician, journalist, nightclub proprietor, celebrity chef and university rector -- died Wednesday night while sitting at his desk at home. The father of five appeared on the first edition of BBC Radio 4's Just a...

A man in the British town of Hungerford says he and his wife were unaware their teenage son had painted a 60-foot phallus on their home's roof. Andy McInnes, 54, said the first time he learned of the phallus adorning the roof of his home for the last year was when members of the media asked him to comment on the artwork spotted by a helicopter pilot, The Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday. It's an April Fool's joke, right? There's no way there's a 60-foot phallus on top of my house, McInnes...

NEW YORK, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Psychoanalytic Association expresses its deep gratitude to members of Congress and their staffs for including strong privacy protections for mental health information in the health IT implementation in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. At a time when the confidence of Americans to preserve their houses, jobs and health insurance has been deeply shaken it is even more important to preserve the confidence of...

Aren't you ashamed of yourself? All these years, you've been trying to build up your child's self-esteem, and now a growing body of research suggests you may be making a big mistake. A study published in the December issue of Child Development finds that early adolescents with high self-esteem are more likely to react aggressively when they feel ashamed than their peers with lower levels of self-esteem."Young teens with low self-esteem apparently don't feel the need to protect their punctured...