News tagged with stress response

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Childhood abuse leads to poor adult health

The psychological scars of childhood abuse can last well into adulthood. New research from Concordia University shows the harm can have longterm negative physical effects, as well as emotional ones.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

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 created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

PTSD linked to smaller brain area regulating fear response

Recent combat veterans who are diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder have significantly smaller volume in an area of the brain critical for regulating fear and anxiety responses, according to research led by scientists ...

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Researchers develop procedure for reducing fear response in sleeping mice

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Stanford University have developed a procedure that reduces a fear response in mice. It involves, team lead Asya Rolls said as she presented the groups' findings at this year's ...

Neuroscience created Oct 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Mother's touch could change effects of prenatal stress

Scientists at the Universities of Liverpool, Manchester, and Kings College, London, have found that mothers who stroke their baby's body in the first few weeks after birth may change the effects that stress during pregnancy ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scientists identify compounds that could thwart post-traumatic stress disorder

A brain pathway that is stimulated by traumatic or fearful experiences can be disrupted by two compounds that show promise for preventing post-traumatic stress disorder, Indiana University researchers reported.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple meditation shown to decrease symptoms of stress and depression

A simple form of mindful meditation can help breast cancer survivors stave off the symptoms of depression, new research suggests. But the potential benefits don't stop there.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Lack of sleep affects bone health and bone marrow activity

Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin, in a team led by Carol Everson, Ph.D., professor of neurology, cell biology, neurobiology and anatomy, have discovered abnormalities in bone and bone marrow in rats undergoing ...

Medical research created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stresses of poverty may impair learning ability in young children

(Medical Xpress)—The stresses of poverty—such as crowded conditions, financial worry, and lack of adequate child care—lead to impaired learning ability in children from impoverished backgrounds, according ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Aug 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Studies examine health consequences of meltdown, damage to Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan

The results of two studies in the August 15 issue of JAMA report on the psychological status of workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plants in Japan several months after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011, and th ...

Health created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Teen behavior problems linked to childhood stress

(Medical Xpress) -- Such behavior problems in adolescence as aggression and delinquency are linked to chronic stress in early childhood, which interferes with children's development of self-control, reports a Cornell study ...

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Negative stereotypes about the poor hurt their health

(Medical Xpress) -- Adolescents who grow up in poverty are more likely to report being treated unfairly, and this perception of discrimination is related to harmful changes in physical health, reports a new Cornell study ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sleep deprivation may reduce risk of PTSD, according to new research

Sleep deprivation in the first few hours after exposure to a significantly stressful threat actually reduces the risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), according to a study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Exposure to violence has long-term stress effects among adolescents

Children who are exposed to community violence continue to exhibit a physical stress response up to a year after the exposure, suggesting that exposure to violence may have long-term negative health consequences, according ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Highlighting molecular clues to the link between childhood maltreatment and later suicide

Exposure to childhood maltreatment increases the risk for most psychiatric disorders as well as many negative consequences of these conditions. This new study, by Dr. Gustavo Turecki and colleagues at McGill University, Canada, ...

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