The information on this website is not a substitute for diagnosis and treatment by a qualified, licensed professional. According to a study at the University of Florida, men are more confident that they can remember where things are, but women are actually much better at finding things. When it comes to memory, it seems men have more confidence than skill. Florida's Senate Bill 660 was recently passed requiring that early childcare centers receiving state funding expose their young clients to classical music in order to foster brain development.
Many people believe that mentally ill people are prone to violence.
But in a recent comprehensive study it was found that discharged psychiatric patients who are not abusing alcohol or drugs are no more inclined to violence than the general population. Psychiatric patients engaged in substance abuse, however, have significantly higher rates of violence. Some experts contend that bedwetting is a symptom of an underlying psychological problem. New research indicates that this is not the case, and experts now advise that physicians treat the condition as a biobehavioral problem, not a psychiatric one, unless there is evidence to indicate otherwise. The Vatican has opened up the archives of the department once known as the Inquisition.