In the year after a hurricane, tornado, terrorist attack or other natural or man-made disaster, 30 to 40 percent of adults who were directly affected may suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a University of Michigan researcher.
In addition, approximately 10-to-20 percent of rescue workers and 5 – 10 percent of the [...]
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has released the responses of presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama to a detailed questionnaire about mental health care–along with highlights of the Democratic and Republican platforms.
“Mental health is part of the national dialogue on healthcare,” said NAMI executive director Michael J. [...]
Research conducted by a team in Switzerland suggests that a family of genes involved in regulating the expression of other genes in the brain is responsible for helping us deal with external inputs such as stress. Their results, appearing in the December 11 advance online version of the journal Neuron, may also give a clue [...]
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) conducted a nationwide survey to identify stressors perceived by pathology residents. The survey appears online in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Pathology.
Studies in other specialties have found that stress during residency training affects efficiency, productivity, error rates and physician burnout. Immediate [...]
Having a lower social standing increases the likelihood that a monkey faced with a stressful situation will choose cocaine over food, according to a study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. More dominant monkeys undergoing the same stressful situation had fewer changes in brain activity in areas of the brain involved in stress and [...]
The first data from the SEROQUEL XL® major depressive disorder (MDD)1,2 and generalised anxiety disorder (GAD)3 clinical development programmes were presented at the 7th International Forum on Mood and Anxiety Disorders (IFMAD) in Budapest. The data showed that patients who received quetiapine XL experienced significant reductions in symptom severity compared to those on [...]
With the ongoing slumping economy, many employees are experiencing increased stress and decreased health and productivity. To make matters worse, poor employee health is also adding to employers’ healthcare expenditures. Michael Taitel, Ph.D., vice president of the Alere Center for Health Intelligence at Alere LLC, a leader in personal health support solutions, will provide insights [...]
In 2006 researchers investigating the interaction between the brain, behavior, and the immune system found that simply anticipating a mirthful laughter experience boosted health-protecting hormones. Now, two years later, the same researchers have found that the anticipation of a positive humorous laughter experience also reduces potentially detrimental stress hormones. According to Dr. Lee Berk, the [...]
Yale School of Medicine will direct a $6.9 million nationwide study into the effectiveness of an anti-psychotic medication for veterans with chronic, military service-related post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
The Yale-led study is funded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. It is the first multi-center trial to evaluate a non-SRI treatment for PTSD symptoms [...]
“The blood froze in my veins” or “My blood curdled” – these common figures of speech can be taken literally, according to the latest studies. Indeed, more literally than some of us would like. For it turns out that intense fear and panic attacks can really make our blood clot and increase the risk of [...]
