In an effort to better understand how chronic stress affects the human body, researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Emory University, have created an animal model that shows how chronic stress affects behavior, physiology and reproduction.
Developing the animal model better positions the researchers [...]
Exposure to critical incidents, workplace discrimination, lack of cooperation among coworkers, and job dissatisfaction correlated significantly with perceived work stress among urban police officers, according to a study by researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health. Work stress was significantly associated with adverse outcomes, including depression and intimate partner abuse. The paper, “Mental, [...]
Violence is common between partners, friends, and acquaintances both before and during college, according to a study released on July 7, 2008 in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Several life chances occur in the transition from living at home to the college environment, including a significant [...]
Polar explorers may experience negative psychological changes as they struggle to cope with isolation, extreme conditions and confined environments. On the other hand, the elation of having coped with so much successfully brings positive benefits, according to a report in this weeks edition of The Lancet.
The study, carried out by Dr. Lawrence Palinkas, [...]
Research presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), found that coronary heart disease (CHD) symptoms presented in the context of a stressful life event were identified as psychogenic in origin when presented by women and organic in origin when presented by men. The study [...]
Featured below is an interactive Google map pinpointing outbreaks of H1N1 swine flu in 2009, together with source attributions, report dates, and current known statuses. This map is updated throughout the day with the latest suspected and confirmed cases of swine flu, as reports come in. Please note that this swine flu map is [...]
Researchers believe they have found a way to change the action of 60 percent of currently available medications, in some cases making them many times more effective, according to an article published in the April edition of the journal Science. The discovery has the potential to improve treatments for diseases including heart disease, cancer, [...]
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced it is awarding 15 grants totaling almost $28 million over four years to organizations that help children and adolescents deal with traumatic experiences. The grants are part of the National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCTSI) which is dedicated to addressing child trauma issues by creating [...]
When male police officers need to de-stress, they might trade war stories — but likely not with their female colleagues.
But the guys don’t necessarily have it easy. They are often discouraged from showing emotion when dealing with stress and are expected to uphold the overtly masculine idea of what it means to be [...]
Teenage pregnancy is widely recognized to be a major public health concern. These young mothers face many life challenges and they have an increased risk for becoming depressed. How might the behavior of these young mothers be related to later psychiatric or behavioral problems in some of their offspring? A new study published in Biological [...]
