Psychology & Psychiatry

When words get hot, mental multitaskers collect cool

How useful would it be to anticipate how well someone will control their emotions? To predict how well they might be able to stay calm during stress? To accept critical feedback stoically?

Psychology & Psychiatry

How do mood and stress affect our sex lives?

A new study by Macquarie University hopes to get between the sheets with thousands of Australians to ask the question - does being in a good mood put you in the mood? Psychology PhD student Miriam Forbes will conduct a series ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Half of refugees traumatised: German psychotherapists

At least half of the refugees who have come to Germany have mental health problems because of trauma suffered in war or during their dangerous escapes, said the chamber of psychotherapists Wednesday.

Psychology & Psychiatry

One in eight heart patients suffer post-traumatic stress disorder

One in eight people who suffer a heart attack or other acute coronary event experience clinically significant symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a meta-analysis of 24 studies led by Columbia University ...

Diabetes

Bad habits, risk of diabetes in young students

Research performed by the University of Veracruz (UV), in the east coast of Mexico, called Lifestyles Nutrition Students and Risk of Type II Diabetes, showed that the lifestyle choices of young people between 17 and 24 years ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Stress triggers disease flares in patients with vasculitis

In patients with a devastating form of vasculitis who are in remission, stress can be associated with a greater likelihood of the disease flaring, according to a new study by investigators at Hospital for Special Surgery ...

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