News tagged with mental stress
Study: People with mental disorders more likely to have experienced domestic violence
Men and women with mental health disorders, across all diagnoses, are more likely to have experienced domestic violence than the general population, according to new research from King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 26, 2012 |
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Bullying by childhood peers leaves a trace that can change the expression of a gene linked to mood
A recent study by a researcher at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and professor at the Université de Montréal suggests that bullying by peers changes the structure surrounding ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 18, 2012 |
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ADHD can cause lifelong problems, study finds
(HealthDay)—If children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, continue to have the condition in adulthood, a new study suggests that they may face an array of physical and mental health ...
Attention deficit disorders
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Researchers examine the neuroscience of mental fatigue
We all perhaps know the feeling of mental exhaustion, but what does it mean physiologically to have mental fatigue? A new study carried out using brain scans could help scientists uncover the neurobiological mechanisms underlying ...
Neuroscience
Dec 10, 2012 |
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Babies born to stressed mothers more likely to be bullied at school, longitudinal study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Children whose mothers were overly stressed during pregnancy are more likely to become victims of bullying at school.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2012 |
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Afghan children seeking asylum in the UK: PTSD symptoms minimized for those children placed in foster care
(Medical Xpress)—A new study indicates that about one-third of asylum-seeking Afghan children who arrive in the UK without their parents or a guardian are likely to be experience symptoms associated with ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 19, 2012 |
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Psychological interventions could reduce mental health problems after intensive care
(Medical Xpress)—A study by UCL researchers at University College Hospital's intensive care unit has suggested that psychological interventions could reduce the mental health problems experienced by many patients.
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 17, 2012 |
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Studies report early childhood trauma takes visible toll on brain
Trauma in infancy and childhood shapes the brain, learning, and behavior, and fuels changes that can last a lifetime, according to new human and animal research released today. The studies delve into the effects of early ...
Neuroscience
Oct 16, 2012 |
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Breakthrough study identifies trauma switch
Researchers from the University of Exeter Medical School have for the first time identified the mechanism that protects us from developing uncontrollable fear.
Neuroscience
Oct 05, 2012 |
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Researchers examine new PTSD diagnosis criteria
Results of a study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Boston Healthcare System indicate that the proposed changes to the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 05, 2012 |
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Teens' chronic stress is linked to time in poverty
(Medical Xpress) -- Childhood adversity is linked to chronic stress in adolescence, setting the stage for a host of physical and mental health problems, finds a new Cornell study published online in July in Psychological Sc ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 10, 2012 |
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Depression could shorten cancer survival, study suggests
(HealthDay) -- Symptoms of depression are linked to shorter survival times among cancer patients, according to a new study.
Cancer
Aug 02, 2012 |
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The parenthood paradox: Certain parenting beliefs are detrimental to mothers' mental health
Does being an intense mother make women unhappy? According to a new study by Kathryn Rizzo and colleagues, from the University of Mary Washington in the US, women who believe in intensive parenting - i.e., that women are ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 05, 2012 |
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Developing 'Mental toughness' can help footballers cope with high pressure penalty shoot outs
(Medical Xpress) -- Penalty shoot-outs are possibly the most stressful situations that footballers have to contend with. They need to be able to focus on the task and block out noise and other distractions coming from the ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 22, 2012 |
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Intensive mobile phone use affects young people's sleep
Young adults who make particularly heavy use of mobile phones and computers run a greater risk of sleep disturbances, stress and symptoms of mental health. "Public health advice should therefore include information on the ...
Pediatrics
Jun 11, 2012 |
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