Temple in the News
An attempted suicide at a Philadelphia shooting range this week is the latest in a sporadic series of such events. While Pietro Miazzo, a forensic psychiatrist at Temple University Hospital, sees no...
June 21, 2012
It’s difficult for politicians, who often find themselves in the public’s eye, to say “I’m sorry.” “It’s hard for anybody to apologize,” said Frank Farley, a faculty member at Temple’s College of...
June 20, 2012
Can cutting off doctors’ access to drug company sales representatives make patients more likely to receive a prescription for a dangerous or ineffective drug? A new study led by Temple Fox School of...
June 19, 2012
Guns are prevalent in rural communities, where the suicide rate has remained steady. Frank talk about guns with parents may be a factor in helping prevent suicide among rural youth at risk, said...
June 19, 2012
Junk emails that greet people by name are far more likely to repel potential customers than endear them, according to a study led by Sunil Wattal of Temple's Fox School of Business. Ninety-five...
June 19, 2012
Understanding how lizards run bi-pedally without falling could aid in preventing falls in the elderly. That is the focus of Temple biologist Tonia Hsieh. Her research points to the little-known...
June 19, 2012
A psychologist testifying for Jerry Sandusky's defense is expected to present a novel defense: he has a histrionic personality disorder. William R. Dubin, professor of psychiatry at Temple, was...
June 19, 2012
The histrionic personality disorder that is being used by the defense in the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse trial might not even be included in the revised edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual...
June 18, 2012
Fifteen years after its first class, the Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program has spread way beyond its Philadelphia birthplace. Lori Pompa, a criminal justice instructor at Temple who created the...
June 18, 2012
With former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky scheduled to begin his defense, how can he persuade a jury to discount the onslaught of evidence? According to Edward Ohlbaum, a professor at Temple's...
June 17, 2012