Category: Research
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Mental Health Resources, Week 1
For the next few Fridays, this blog will be featuring mental health resources suggested by Derek Luk, Mental Health Education Coordinator at the University of Calgary. This week, we feature a series of videos on the topic of Mindfulness. Professor Mark Williams, University of Oxford: The Science of Mindfulness (3:35) Professor Robert Roeser, Portland State University:…
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UToday: Can exercise help the depressed brains of teens?
From the January 23, 2014 issue of UToday: Scientists at the Alberta Children’s Hospital and the University of Calgary are teaming up with the YMCA Calgary to study the effect of intensive aerobic activity on brain plasticity and as a potential new therapy for depression in teens. The pilot study will involve 30 teenagers suffering from mild…
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Calgary Herald: Success of first workplace mental health program hard to measure
From the January 17, 2014 issue of the Calgary Herald: “A year after launching Canada’s first national guidelines for workplace mental health, the agency behind the program says it doesn’t know how many employers are using it — or how.”
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MNT: New light shed on learning disorders
From Medical News Today, a recent story on “the first anatomical evidence that the brains of children with a nonverbal learning disability – long considered a “pseudo” diagnosis – may develop differently than the brains of other children.” This finding, the story goes on to say, “could ultimately help educators and clinicians better distinguish between…
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4 ways to be a better student
From Scientific American, here are 4 ways to become a better student.