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Low-Level Stress Reduced By Nature, Not Technology
Categorie : AnxietyTechnology can send a man to the moon, help unlock the secrets of DNA and let people around the world easily communicate through the Internet. But can it substitute for nature?Apparently not, according to a new study that measured individuals' heart recovery rate from minor stress when exposed to a ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Department Of Defense, HHS Announce Program To Send Mental Health Care Professionals To Help Soldiers With PTSD
Categorie : AnxietyDepartment of Defense and HHS officials on Wednesday announced a program under which the departments will send 200 psychiatrists, social workers and other mental health care professionals to military facilities to treat the increased number of soldiers who have post-traumatic stress disorder, the ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Exposure Therapy Effective To Prevent Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Categorie : AnxietyThe progression from acute stress disorder to post-traumatic stressdisorder may be prevented by exposure-based therapy, in which traumasurvivors are guided to relive a troubling event. These reults werepublished in an article released on June 2, 2008 in the Archivesof General Psychiatry, one of the ...
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Thu Jun 2008
21,000 Victorians Suffer From Work-Related Depression
Categorie : AnxietyAlmost one in six cases of depression among working Victorians are caused by job stress. This means more than 21,000 cases of preventable depression are caused by job stress each year, a new University of Melbourne study shows.Stressful working conditions in this study were defined as a combination ...
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Thu Jun 2008
New Study Suggests It's Okay To Keep Those Feelings Inside
Categorie : AnxietyContrary to popular notions about what is normal or healthy, new research has found that it is okay not to express one's thoughts and feelings after experiencing a collective trauma, such as a school shooting or terrorist attack.In fact, people who choose not to express their feelings after such an ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Hunger Hormone May Protect Against Stress Induced Depression And Anxiety
Categorie : AnxietyBy doing tests on mice fed on a calorie restricted diet, US researchers have discovered that ghrelin, a hormone that increases when people don't eat, may defend against symptoms of depression or anxiety brought on by stress.The research is the work of scientists led by senior author Dr Jeffrey Zigma ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Signs Of PTSD 2 To 3 Years After 9/11 Displayed By 1 In 8 Lower Manhattan Residents
Categorie : AnxietyFor many residents of Lower Manhattan, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, had lasting psychological consequences. New findings, released by the Health Department's World Trade Center Health Registry, show that one in eight Lower Manhattan residents likely had posttraumatic stress disorder ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Working Overtime Linked To Anxiety And Depression
Categorie : AnxietyEmployees who work overtime are at increased risk of anxiety and depression, suggests a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).Elisabeth Kleppa and colleagues of the Univers ...
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Thu Jun 2008
Does Writing Help Overcoming Traumatic Stress?
Categorie : AnxietyA randomized controlled trial performed by researchers of the University of Amsterdam evaluates writing therapy in posttraumatic stress disorder in the March issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.Writing assignments have shown promising results in treating traumatic symptomatology. Yet no studie ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Can Psychotherapy Reverse Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
Categorie : AnxietyA randomized controlled trial by Lyon investigators discloses the difficulties in treating chronic posttraumatic stress disorder with psychotherapy in the March issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.To date, there have been no studies comparing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with Rogerian ther ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Is The Brain Damaged By Stress?
Categorie : AnxietyIndividuals who experience military combat obviously endure extreme stress, and this exposure leaves many diagnosed with the psychiatric condition of post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. PTSD is associated with several abnormalities in brain structure and function. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Combined Factors May Change Biology Of Stress-Response System As It Develops
Categorie : AnxietyA traumatic event is much more likely to result in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults who experienced trauma in childhood - but certain gene variations raise the risk considerably if the childhood trauma involved physical or sexual abuse, scientists have found. The research was conducted ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Using Genetic Variations To Predict Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
Categorie : AnxietyA study published in JAMA reports that adults aremore likely to have posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms if they havebeen abused as a child and have variations of a gene that is related tostress response. The investigation was conducted by Rebekah G. Bradley,Ph.D. (Emory University School of Medi ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Study Shows A Little Anxiety Pays Sometimes
Categorie : AnxietyAnxiety gets a lot of bad press. Dwelling on the negative can lead to chronic stress and anxiety disorders and phobias, but evolutionarily speaking, anxiety holds some functional value. In humans, learning to avoid harm is necessary not only for surviving in the face of basic threats (such as predat ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Discovery Of Genetic Factor In Stress Response Variability
Categorie : AnxietyInherited variations in the amount of an innate anxiety-reducing molecule help explain why some people can withstand stress better than others, according to a new study led by researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NI ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Synosia Starts Phase II Efficacy Trial For Rufinamide
Categorie : AnxietyThe trial is an eight-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, exploratory study being conducted in 20 sites in the United States. It will assess the efficacy and tolerability of rufinamide in up to 230 patients with general anxiety disorder, as measured by multiple psychometric assessment tools. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Associated With More, Longer Hospitalizations
Categorie : AnxietyResearchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) have found post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with more hospitalizations, longer hospitalizations and greater mental healthcare utilization in urban primary care patients. These findings app ...
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Sat Apr 2008
21st Century Stress Management - Is Litigation Feeding Changes To People's Psychology?
Categorie : AnxietyThis meeting will review the current challenges to managing stress, the impact of legislation and good practice advice to employers in relation to fitness for work and rehabilitation. The key areas of discussion are: addressing the obstacles to recovery and rehabilitation; ways of enabling and faci ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Exercise Important In Shrinking Your Stress
Categorie : AnxietyThough causes of stress can be plentiful, there are multiple ways to combat stressors and the negative toll they can take on the body, says an expert at the American College of Sports Medicine's (ACSM) 12th-annual Health & Fitness Summit & Exposition.Christina Geithner, Ph.D. ...
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Sat Apr 2008
Social Problems In Youth Contribute To Anxiety And Depression
Categorie : AnxietySocially successful children tend to have fewer symptoms of anxiety or depression, while children with problems such as anxiety and depression tend to have difficulties forming relationships and being accepted by friends. However, it is difficult to determine whether the anxiety and depression lead ...
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Sat Apr 2008
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