Fishing for memories

Finally after nearly one 1 year I had this precious time to update my blog. I have not logged onto blogger to type properly in a long long time. Most of my previous entries in the last couple of months were generally shared from psychology web sites and articles. Last 2 weeks has been a busy week for me as my internship just started in psychology department of a hospital and so do my part time working on Saturdays and Sundays in a language centre. I must say that these 2 weeks I have learned so much from 2 different places whereby it has taught me a lot about dealing with people . Amazingly I've met some wonderful new friends and build up my social network as well. Furthermore, I've come to realize that time is really precious whereby every single seconds matters a lot despite you are busy with so many task to do. As the saying goes " Time is your most precious gift because you only have a set amount of it. You can make more money, but you can't make more time. When you give someone your time, you are giving them a portion of your life that you'll never get back. Your time is your life. That is why the greatest gift you can give someone is your time". I've always loved this quote somehow it has inspired me over these years to value time. I've believed that God has a better plan for us and wants us to do our best despite the struggle that we go through because it's his plan for us. I believe in the power of determination that anything which drives you to push yourself will benefit you in the future. Wonderfully, I've came across some amazing psychology good reads.

The author of this book has incorporated some of the emotional distress that people most likely to go through from various perspectives and culture. At the same time, ways to deal with their feelings and emotions. Is a good book for practioners and lecturers or even those who are not practicing in psychology because this book has less technical terms that may confuse people. Grab this book if you can :) Signing off for now.

Left handedness higher among those suffering from psychosis?

Source : Sage Publications

Researchers have long studied the connections between hand dominance and different aspects of the human brain. A new study out today in SAGE Open finds that among those with mental illnesses, left-handers are more likely to suffer from psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia than mood disorders. "Our results show a strikingly higher prevalence of left-handedness among patients presenting with psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder, compared to patients presenting for mood symptoms such as depression or bipolar disorder," wrote the authors. Authors Jadon R. Webb, et. al examined 107 individuals from a public psychiatric clinic seeking treatment in an urban, low-income community and determined the frequency of left-handedness within the group of patients identified with different types of mental disorders. They found that 11% of those diagnosed with mood disorders such as depression and bipolar disorder were left-handed, which is similar to the rate in the general population, however, 40% of those with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were left-handed. The authors discussed additional factors that might be tied to the connection between schizophrenia and left-handedness such the variation of brain lateralization, scholastic achievement or race. "Our own data showed that whites with psychotic illness were more likely to be left-handed than black patients," the authors wrote. "Even after controlling for this, however, a large difference between psychotic and mood disorder patients remained." Story Source: The above story is based on materials provided by SAGE Publications. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.