Why do some people always look on the bright side of life when others seem to focus on the negatives? According to new research, it could be down to their genes. The findings, published in the Royal Society journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, help to explain why some people respond better to [...]
A CQUniversity researcher’s work with multiply-abused children has been applauded by an Australasian traumatic stress organisation.
Dr Jacqueline Feather was awarded first prize in the 2008 ASTSS (Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies) Research Awards for the development of a successful trauma-focused cognitive behavioural therapy for abused children suffering from post traumatic stress disorder [...]
A just published scientific study conducted by researchers at the University of Miami School of Nursing in conjunction with The Sirkin Creative Living Center (SCLC) has found that Rescue Remedy™, an all-natural remedy created from flower essences, is an effective over-the-counter stress reliever with a comparable effect to traditional pharmaceutical drugs yet without any of [...]
Every year over 13 million working days are lost in the UK due to stress and stress-related symptoms, and experts believe it affects everyone at least every two weeks. Instead of letting the stress take over, there are positive steps you can take to minimise its detrimental effects.
Due out in September, Frances Ive’s [...]
The September 11 terrorist attacks had a profound impact on this country’s psyche. Eight years after the attacks, we are still learning how those terrible events affected us. A number of studies have shown that people who lived closest to the sites of the terrorist attacks experienced heightened levels of stress and anxiety in the [...]
Friendships that lend themselves to ruminating about problems may actually contribute to emotional difficulties in girls, according to new research. A study in the July issue of the journal Developmental Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association, finds that girls are more likely than boys of the same age group to develop anxiety and depression [...]
In the U.S., Mexico and around the world, approximately three women out of every 100 will develop anorexia or bulimia, and some studies indicate that as many as 20 percent of anorexics may die of the disease. With these kinds of statistics as a spur, the Swedish Trade Council is “exporting” a highly successful treatment [...]
It is the storm damage that people often don’t talk about–mental disorders such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder that strike in the wake of a catastrophic experience.
Post-trauma mental conditions are one of many mental disorders that affect some 57.7 million Americans in any given year, according to the National Alliance on [...]
Research performed by Nicole Lauzon and Dr. Steven Laviolette of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario has found key processes in the brain that control the emotional significance of our experiences and how we form memories of them. A lack of proper brain function in this area is [...]
Women who are waiting for the results of a breast biopsy have stress hormone levels equivalent to those of women who are diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a study published recently in the journal Radiology, the New York Times reports. For the study, researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School [...]
