Behavioral Health

Teen drivers are three times more likely to get into a fatal crash than their more-experienced counterparts. New research found a link between mistakes these new drivers make and self-reported ADHD.

Finding food is a necessary survival skill, but so is avoiding pain. Research led by J. Nicholas Betley and postdoctoral researcher Amber Alhadeff showed that being hungry activates a neural pathway that inhibits the sensing and responding to chronic pain. The findings offer up new targets for treating pain.

Activity-tracking devices like Fitbit are all the rage, but rarely used. A Penn Medicine health incentive expert explains why, and offers solutions.

A personalized approach to care is effective, yet the ability to discern and provide the best option for a particular individual remains a challenge.

When a baby is born, many new moms and dads pore over parenting books, striving to strike the right balance of firmness and warmth to raise their children into kind, intelligent, strong individuals. While nature plays a critical role, research supports the idea that parenting style and parents’ personalities do influence a child’s behavior.

A group of Social Policy and Practice interns provides social and emotional support for patients diagnosed with memory loss or other neurological or physical impairments.

Four years after it was founded, the Project has trained 3,693 people in Philadelphia, with a goal of reaching 10,000 by mid-2019.

Those who continue to binge eat while trying to lose weight drop about half as much weight as those who don’t binge eat, or those who do and then subsequently stop.