Psychoneuroendocrinology

Psychology & Psychiatry

Self-rated health worth doctors' attention

Patients' self-rated health is a better long-term predictor of illness and death than standard blood tests, blood pressure measurements or other symptomatic evidence a doctor might gather, according to a new study from Rice ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Study details stress-diabetes link

A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with roots in the brain's ability to control anxiety.

Psychology & Psychiatry

Altered purine metabolism linked to depression

People suffering from major depressive disorder may have altered purine metabolism, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. Purines are nitrogenous compounds that serve ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Two studies of veterans link PTSD to accelerated aging

We've all heard of people "aging overnight" after a traumatic event. Scientists actually have a word for this phenomenon: "Marie Antoinette Syndrome," named for the French queen. When she was captured after fleeing Paris ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Stress inhibits spatial perception

Neuroscientists of Collaborative Research Centre 874 at the Ruhr University Bochum have investigated the effects of stress on the perception of scenes and faces. In a behavioural study, they compared the results of stressed ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Hypersexual disorder linked to overactive stress systems

New research from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that hypersexual disorder – known popularly as sex addiction – can be linked to hyperactive stress systems. In a stress regulation test using the cortisone drug ...

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