Stress, to put it bluntly, is bad for you. It can kill you, in fact.
A study now reveals that stress causes deterioration in everything from your gums to your heart and can make you more susceptible to everything from the common cold to cancer. Thanks to new research crossing the disciplines of psychology, [...]
Male veterans are three times more likely than female veterans to commit suicide. Also, whites have a much higher rate of suicide compared with patients of other races.
Researchers examined associations between demographic and clinical characteristics and risk of suicide among veterans treated for depression in the Veteran’s Health Administration (VA) system. Out of 807,694 [...]
Health Canada has approved Cymbalta® (duloxetine HCl) for the symptomatic relief of anxiety causing clinically significant distress in patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), Eli Lilly Canada Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim (Canada) Ltd. announced today.
The approval is based on the results of five randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies in which the safety and efficacy [...]
Some of the symptoms of the autistic condition Asperger Syndrome, such as a need for routine and resistance to change, could be linked to levels of the stress hormone cortisol, suggests new research led by the University of Bath.
Normally, people have a surge of this hormone shortly after waking, with levels gradually decreasing throughout [...]
Forms of ill treatment during captivity that do not involve physical pain – such as psychological manipulation, deprivation, humiliation and forced stress positions – appear to cause as much mental distress and traumatic stress as physical torture, according to a report in the March issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [...]
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati are reporting on a pilot program aimed at curbing alcohol abuse among college students. Early promising results from this intervention program were presented at the annual conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in Philadelphia.
The creation of the program was supported by $392,159 in funding [...]
Preliminary research examining the difference in brain activity between soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder and those without it moves scientists a step closer to the possibility of being able one day to use brain scans to help diagnose the condition.
The search for the footprints left in the brain by psychiatric disorders such as [...]
“Job-Related Stress and Chronic Health Conditions Among Filipino Immigrants,” Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health: A.B. de Castro of the University of Washington School of Nursing and the Department of Psychosocial and Community Health and colleagues examined data on 1,381 Filipino immigrants who self-reported chronic health conditions such as asthma, high blood pressure, diabetes, [...]
You see it in movies or while viewing your favorite sitcom; a scene at the doctor’s office where the character inevitably gets a little woozy which leads to a fainting spell. It may seem funny when watching it all unfold on television, but according to a study in the May/June 2008 issue of General Dentistry, [...]
How employees manage stress at work and in their homes is the focus of Penn State’s portion of a $35 million National Institutes of Health grant that will also test the efficacy of a workplace intervention designed to reduce employee stress and promote well-being.
“We’re seeing that stress in the workplace can create a [...]
