Welcome to the Garden. Here are some 'good' news for you.
Aroma Therapy
Japan sniffs out the best aromas (BBC NEWS)
Pleasurable smells reduce pain (BBC NEWS HEALTH)
Green Therapy
Plants can improve pupils' studies (Ananova)
Happy by Nature Fondness for Plants And Animals May Be Hard-wired, Healthy (The Washington Post Company)
Healing Powers of Books and Movies
Harry Potter's healing powers (BBC NEWS)
Planning to watch a comedy? It may be good for you (University of California)
Animal Therapy
Pets boost children's health Pets boost children's immune system BBC News
Pets in Workplace Please Workers, May Reduce Stress (Reuters Health)
Healing Powers of Excercise
Walking and talking are better than anti-depressants (Guardian)
Exercise 'helps mental health' (UK BBC on-line news)
Penn professor uses basketball, martial arts to help young men learn to control anger
Eating (go to Kitchen)
New Pufferfish Genome to Offer Clues to Humans (Reuters.com)
Tofu May Lower Lead Levels in Blood(Reuters Health)
E-Mail Therapy Can Ease Eating Disorder Blues -MD (Reuters)
Music Therapy
Babies Seem To Remember Music They Heard In The Womb(UniSci)
Brain Changes Help Deaf People Feel, Sense Music (Reuters Health)
Love Is Good for Your Heart (ABC NEWS.com)
Play's the thing ( New Scientist magazine)
SUPPORTIVE SPOUSE, FAMILY, FRIENDS CONTRIBUTE TO 'SUCCESSFUL AGING'( Psychosomatic Medicine)
When baby is no bundle of joy (BBC NEWS, Health)
Children's Drawings Said to Reveal Mental State (Reuters Health)
Mum and Dad advised to practise therapy(Guardian)
Many Parents Suffer 'Fever Phobia,' (Reuters)
Self-Healing
Optimism may Save your Life (Short News.com)
"Beauty Tips" by Audrey Hepburn
Wise Words (the five simple rules to be happy)
The important things in your life( rocks, pebbles or sand?)
Road to Happiness Not Paved with Money: Study (Yahoo News)
Writing to heal (MONITOR ON PSYCHOLOGY)
Net users 'sociable and successful' (BBC NEWS)
Introduction to Culture-Bound Syndromes (Psychiatric Times)
What
Is Schizophrenia (abc NEWS com.)
Work
pressures help strengthen the immune system, gory videos do the opposite (Ohio State University)
Rx for a better life? Get a pet, and do it now (Texas A&M University)
Women may have anti-stress hormone (CNN com.)
Making sense of the voices (Guardian Unlimited)
Stress Stamina Can Help Predict Health Risk: Study (YAHOO! NEWS)
Healing
Powers of Laughters, Meditations, Narrative Therapy
Why laughter really is the best medicine (Independent)
Narrative
therapy finds telling changes through stories (Star
Tribune)
Meditation May Cut Stress, Improving Mental and Physical Health
Aging
Study Reveals Secrets of Happiness in Middle Age (Reuters Health)
Emotional Support Can Keep Mind Sharp in Old Age (Reuters Health)
Sleep (go to Bed Room)
Experts find babies learn while they are sleeping (Ananova)
When you find yourself lying awake at night worrying about work, it's time to get on your bike,advises Andrew Ings (Guardian)
Factors that contribute to insomnia (Monitor on Psychology)
How we go to sleep (BBC NEWS)
Book taste linked to dreamsBBC News
Less sleep may cure tiredness (BBC News Health)
Stress
Hurts: Sleep (ABC NEWS.com)
Sleep Can Help Some Cope with Stress (Reuters Health)
Sleepwalking, Terrors Linked to Lack of Sleep (Reuters Health)
Overnight Sleep Loss Boosts 'Sleep Hormone' (Reuters Health)
Reverse Therapy
Sad workers may make better workers (University of Alberta)
Bill Lucas explains how neuro-science could shape your career (Bill Lucas,Guardian)
Fear, anxiety affect pain (Texas A&M University)
Healing Powers of Therapies
Don't think straight(The Times)
Choosing a Psychotherapist (ABC NEWS.com)
Does therapy really help? By Sally Davies, MA (Clinical psychology)
Beware online therapy, counselling association warns (Zosia Kmietowicz)
Failure at nonconscious goals explains negative 'mystery moods' (Ohio State University)
Prejudices toward minority and age groups can be lessened by focusing on social context (APA)
Answers to Questions
Can People Really Be Scared to Death? American Psychiatric AssociationClinical & Research News
Sad is caused by low levels of UV light in winter (BBC NEWS, Health)
Gifts of wonder: Scientists reflect on things that sparked their quest for knowledge(Dallas Morning News)
Why we crack under pressure(BBC NEWS, Health)