Psychology & Psychiatry
How does stress affect the body?
Figuring out how stress affects your body can be a challenge, because the answer can depend on how stressed out you are, and for how long.
Apr 4, 2023
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Cardiology
Women are more likely to experience long-term anxiety after cardiac arrest than men
More than 40% of women report anxiety four months after a cardiac arrest compared with 23% of men, according to research presented today at ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2023, a scientific congress of the European Society ...
Mar 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
Sex-specific mechanisms for major depressive disorder identified in response to dysregulated stress hormones
Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered novel sex-specific mechanisms that control how stress hormones impact dopamine transmission and motivation, findings that can inform new therapeutic strategies for treating ...
Mar 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Using artificial intelligence to comb through warning signs of suicide, study identifies key predictors
A team of researchers and clinicians at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) and Harvard Medical School-affiliated McLean Hospital in Belmont is using artificial intelligence technology to better predict suicide risk in ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Medical research
Q&A: More mindfulness may be part of the answer for anxiety-ridden US
Research has shown that the U.S. is facing a mental health crisis, with specialists unable to keep pace with a surge in cases during the pandemic. Amanda Baker, an assistant professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School ...
Feb 2, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Investigative reporter, who covered murder-suicides, explains how journalists are vulnerable to trauma
It never really dawned on me how vulnerable journalists were to trauma until I took a job as an investigative reporter. I spent most of 2021 and 2022 verifying, analyzing and writing stories about murder-suicides.
Jan 26, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Five precepts of Buddhism may be linked to lower depression risk
A new study suggests that people with high levels of neuroticism and stress may be at greater risk for depressive symptoms, but those links could be buffered for people who observe the five precepts of Buddhism—a fundamental ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How people living with IBS can stomach the holidays
Traveling to see family for the holidays can be a gut-wrenching experience for the approximately 15% of the population living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). The stress—from families who do not accommodate or understand ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Threats of COVID-19 caused significant anxiety and depression in pregnant women
A study that assessed stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven Western countries during the first major wave of the COVID-19 pandemic (April 17 to May 31, 2020) shows that stress from fears about ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers find financial strain due to COVID-19 pandemic took significant toll on adolescent mental health
Financial stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic took a distinct toll on adolescent mental health and contributed to depressive symptoms, according to a new study by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). ...
Nov 15, 2022
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