Breaking news on Anxiety / Phobias
Stress Resilience Returns With Feeling For Rhythm published
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
If your body releases cortisol with fixed regularity then you can cope with stress better, says NWO-funded researcher Angela Sarabdjitsingh. She investigated the rhythm of corticosterone production in rats. This rat hormone is comparable to the human stress hormone cortisol. Rats deal considerably less well with stress if the pattern of corticosterone release changes...
Magic Mushroom Ingredient Psilocybin Improves Late Stage Cancer Anxiety published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:00:00 PDT
The hallucinogen psilocybin appears to be safe and feasible to give to patients with advanced-stage cancer and anxiety - a study published in Archives of General Psychiatry reports it had a promising effect on mood. Psilocybin is the active ingredient in an illegal Class A drug in the UK called magic mushroom...
More Work Needed To Implement Evidence Base In Psychooncology In Cancer Care, Australia published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
An integrated approach to cancer care needs to be developed in Australia that incorporates psychosocial and biological interventions, according to an article published in a Medical Journal of Australia supplement. The Anxiety, Depression and Cancer supplement is the product of a partnership between beyondblue and the Cancer Council Australia...
Link Between Chronic Stress And Heart Attack: Hair Provides Proof published
Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers at The University of Western Ontario have provided the first direct evidence using a biological marker, to show chronic stress plays an important role in heart attacks. Stressors such as job, marital and financial problems have been linked to the increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease including heart attack...
Cortisol Levels In Hair Linked To Heart Attack Risk published
Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Cortisol levels in hair may be the first biomarker to measure chronic (long-term) stress, which is linked to a higher risk of having a heart attack (acute myocardial infarction), according to a new study published in the medical journal Stress...
Unrealistic Goals And Standards Make Teachers Stressed published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Research from the University of Kent, in association with the Teacher Support Network, has found that teachers who want to be happier should not try to please everyone and should have a greater say in setting targets...
Animal Model Strengthens Link Between Everyday Stress And Obesity published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Stress can take a daily toll on us that has broad physical and psychological implications. Science has long documented the effect of extreme stress, such as war, injury or traumatic grief on humans. Typically, such situations cause victims to decrease their food intake and body weight...
Well-Being In Adolescent Boys Increased By Mindfulness Meditation published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 PDT
'Mindfulness', the process of learning to become more aware of our ongoing experiences, increases well-being in adolescent boys, a new study reports. Researchers from the University of Cambridge analyzed 155 boys from two independent UK schools, Tonbridge and Hampton, before and after a four-week crash course in mindfulness...
Pivotal Study Finds Link Between PTSD And Dementia published
Fri, 03 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Results of a study reported in the September issue of the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggest that Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have a greater risk for dementia than Veterans without PTSD, even those who suffered traumatic injuries during combat. Exposure to life threatening events, like war, can cause PTSD, and there are high rates among veterans...
Why Does Anxiety Target Women More? FSU Researcher Awarded $1.8M Grant To Find Out published
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:00:00 PDT
Anxiety disorders afflict women twice as often as men, but estrogen might not be the reason. Testosterone, though, could be. That is one of the preliminary findings in the lab of Florida State University researcher Mohamed Kabbaj, associate professor in the College of Medicine. He recently was awarded a five-year, $1...
Start Of School Marks Onset Of "Seasons Of Anxiety" published
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:00:00 PDT
With summer fading, anxiety is on the rise for some students anticipating the return of school. But it isn't just the first days of classes that can provoke angst -- anxiety in school is seasonal and age dependent, say pediatric psychiatrists. And, they add, these issues are often predictable and highly treatable...
Neural Clues To The Calming Effects Of Self-Harm published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:00:00 PDT
The notion that cutting or burning oneself could provide relief from emotional distress is difficult to understand for most people, but it is an experience reported commonly among people who compulsively hurt themselves. Individuals with borderline personality disorder experience intense emotions and often show a deficiency of emotion regulation skills...
Stress In Womb Takes Greater Toll On Males, Study Shows published
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Exposure to stress in the womb could be more harmful to males after birth than females, researchers have found...
Study Links Cellular Motors To Memory published
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Functioning much like gears in a machine, cellular motor proteins are critical to dynamic functions throughout the body, including muscle contraction, cell migration and cellular growth processes. Now, neuroscientists from UC Irvine and the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute report that motor proteins also play a critical role in the stabilization of long-term memories...
Smaller Babies Delivered By Depressed Mothers published
Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Clinical depression and anxiety during pregnancy results in smaller babies that are more likely to die in infancy, according to new research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. The study, which focused on women living in rural Bangladesh, provides the first finding of its kind in a non-Western population...
Scientists Discover Neural Switch That Controls Fear published
Sat, 28 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Fear can make you run, it can make you fight, and it can glue you to the spot. Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Monterotondo, Italy and GlaxoSmithKline in Verona, Italy, have identified not only the part of the brain but the specific type of neurons that determine how mice react to a frightening stimulus...
Up To One In Four Patients Report More Physical Problems A Year After Surgery Than Before published
Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
15% of patients experience more pain, physical and emotional problems a year after surgery than before their operation and 24% have less vitality, according to a study of over 400 patients published online by the British Journal of Surgery. Twelve months after their operation 17% also reported greater pain, 14% said their functional abilities had reduced and 16% had poorer mental health...
Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS) Symptoms Worse If Woman Feels Stressed Early In Menstrual Cycle published
Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:00:00 PDT
Women who feel stressed early on during their menstrual cycle are more likely to have more severe symptoms during and before menstruation, says a report conducted by researchers at the NIH (National Institutes of Health, USA) and other centers...
Turning Back To School Stress Into Success published
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
While most parents think of back-to-school as an exciting time marked by new backpacks, school supplies and outfits, it can also mean stress and anxiety for many children...
New Study Finds New Connection Between Yoga And Mood published
Sat, 21 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that yoga may be superior to other forms of exercise in its positive effect on mood and anxiety. The findings, which currently appear on-line at Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, is the first to demonstrate an association between yoga postures, increased GABA levels and decreased anxiety...
Study Finds High Rate Of Burnout In Medical Students published
Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:00:00 PDT
More than 40 percent of third-year medical students have symptoms of moderate to severe burnout, according to a study in the August Southern Medical Journal, official journal of the Southern Medical Association...
SSRIs May Pack More Punch At The Cellular Level Than Believed published
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
A new discovery about selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) suggests that these drugs, which are used to treat mental health disorders like depression and anxiety, have multiple effects on our cells. In a research report published in the August 2010 issue of Genetics, researchers used yeast cells to identify secondary drug targets or pathways affected by SSRIs...
Marriage, Committed Romance Reduce Stress Hormone Production published
Wed, 18 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT
Being married has often been associated with improving people's health, but a new study suggests that having that long-term bond also alters hormones in a way that reduces stress...
Stress In Middle Age Could Contribute To Late Life Dementia published
Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:00:00 PDT
Psychological stress in middle age could lead to the development of dementia later in life, especially Alzheimer's disease, reveals research from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Based on data from a study which followed women for 35 years, this is the first research in Sweden to indicate a link between stress and dementia...
Trauma, Abuse In Childhood Linked To Shorter Lifespan, Weaker Immune Response Later In Life published
Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:00:00 PDT
New research from the US suggests that trauma in childhood such as experiencing abuse or a serious stressful event like losing a parent is linked to a shorter lifespan and weaker immune system later in life, and that the immune impairment even adds to that caused by the stress of caring for a family member with dementia...
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