U.S. Mood Measured Through Twitter, 2006-2009
July 23, 2010 in Mental Health by psychcentral
A group of researchers have published a simple word analysis of 300 million tweets (you know, those short, 140 character-maximum status updates from individuals) from Twitter and discovered something amazing — people are happier on the weekends, and before and after work. Yes, that’s right — people are happier when they are not working!
It took three researchers from Northeastern University and two from Harvard Medical…
I’m pleased to introduce our new blog, Life as You(th) Know It, by C.Y. (“Yan”) Chow. It is a blog about dealing with everything youths today have to deal with — from college and study woes, to relationship issues, family crises, friendship drama and everything in-between.
I believe teens and young adults often have the greatest need for mental health and psychology information and resources, but…
Barbara Christner from Redstone Highlands | Image copyright Eric Schmadel of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
When many people think about social media today, they may think about teenagers sharing photos with their Facebook “friends” or restaurants using Twitter to promote their business with coupons and giveaways.
There are many ways to use social media, but how can retirement communities use this new form…
The debate around the problems associated with social networking for therapists has been heated and complex (see Google and Facebook, Therapists and Clients by Dr. John Grohol). Regardless of this ongoing dialogue, the reality is many therapists are engaged in social networking and that’s likely not going to change any time soon.
What I’m curious to know is not the problems with social networking —…
At least when it comes to your body’s physiological responses. If you’re a young girl.
So says a new study that studied young girls’ release of the stress hormone cortisol as well as their levels of the hormone oxytocin — thought to be important in social bonding — after a stressful public presentation. One group of girls talked to their mom on the…