News tagged with social stress


'Trust' hormone oxytocin found at heart of rare genetic disorder

The hormone oxytocin - often referred to as the "trust" hormone or "love hormone" for its role in stimulating emotional responses - plays an important role in Williams syndrome (WS), according to a study published June 12, ...

Neuroscience created Jun 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Blogging Relieves Stress On New Mothers

(Medical Xpress) -- New mothers who read and write blogs may feel less alone than mothers who do not participate in a blogging community, according to family studies researchers.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Living alone puts people with heart problems at risk for death

According to the United States Census Bureau, approximately one in seven American adults live alone. Social isolation and lack of social support have been linked to poor health outcomes. Now a new study at Brigham and Women's ...

Cardiology created Jun 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Alcohol abuse may be cause, rather than effect of social isolation, poor grades among teens

Rather than gaining "liquid courage" to let loose with friends, teenage drinkers are more likely to feel like social outcasts, according to a new sociological study.

Health created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Who's stressed in the US? Researchers study adult stress levels from 1983-2009

Until now, comparing stress levels in individuals across the United States over time was not possible due to a lack of historical data that tracks stress using accepted comparable measures.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jun 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Even non-sexual social contact can raise body temperature

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at the University of St Andrews found that non-sexual social interactions with men caused a noticeable rise in the temperature of a woman's face, without them even noticing.

Medical research created May 30, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Immigrant women giving birth in Spain suffer 'great stress,' a study warns

A study conducted at the University of Granada has concluded that most immigrant women who give birth in Spain suffer "severe stress" and should receive psychological treatment after giving birth to help them overcome disorders ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created May 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds stressed men more social, refutes common belief that stress always causes aggressive behavior

A team of researchers led by the psychologists and neuroscientists Prof. Markus Heinrichs and Dr. Bernadette von Dawans at the University of Freiburg, Germany, examined in a study how men react in stressful situations - and ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Training teens to handle emotions improves mental health

Teens who received emotional intelligence training in school had improved scores on several measures of emotional well-being, including less anxiety, depression and social stress, according to a new study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mental health workers: The overlooked victims of 9/11

We've all heard about the stress experienced by victims of 9/11, but have we ever paused to think about the effect of those terrorist attacks on mental health clinicians who provided care to the victims? A new study by Mary ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Mar 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Puzzling over links between monkey research and human health

Studies in monkeys are unlikely to provide reliable evidence for links between social status and heart disease in humans, according to the first ever systematic review of the relevant research.

Medical research created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study shows Facebook use elevates mood

People visit social networking sites such as Facebook for many reasons, including the positive emotional experience that people enjoy and want to repeat, according to an article in Cyberpsychology, Behavior, an ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Researchers find negative social interactions can lead to increased amounts of internal inflammation

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers from the University of California have found that negative social interactions can cause internal inflammation that may over time lead to possible health consequences. In the study, the results ...

Medical research created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Researcher takes on 'empathy fatigue' in workplace

(Medical Xpress) -- A nurse refuses to help an ailing alcoholic who is upset to find a hospital detox unit closed. A hospital clerk brushes off a deceased woman's grieving family as they try to pay her bills ...

Health created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Depressed fathers pass depression to offspring but the cause is mostly behavioral, not genetic, or epigenetic

(Medical Xpress) -- One of the first studies to examine, in animals, how depression in fathers may impact their offspring will be presented by the study's researchers from the University at Buffalo and Mt. Sinai School of ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0