From the University of Massachusetts Medical School press release: Research from the lab of Mark Alkema, PhD, professor of neurobiology, sheds light on how the “flight-or-flight” response impairs long-term organism health. The study, conducted in…
From the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia press release: Scientists have discovered that a receptor on the surface of brain cells plays a key role in regulating how both animals and people respond to stress. The…
From the Lancaster University press release: Social network users risk becoming more and more addicted to social media platforms even as they experience stress from their use. Social networking sites (SNS) such as Facebook and…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: When the daily stress of parenting becomes chronic it can turn into parental burnout, an intense exhaustion that leads parents to feel detached from their children and…
From the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston press release: Eating disorder researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated,…
From the American Psychological Association press release: People generally think of stress and anxiety as negative concepts, but while both stress and anxiety can reach unhealthy levels, psychologists have long known that both are unavoidable…
From the University of East Anglia press release: New research reveals how frequently being the target of workplace bullying not only leads to health-related problems but can also cause victims to behave badly themselves. The…
From the University of Bristol press release: New research by the University of Bristol has found that early life adversity could make an individual more at risk of developing negative thinking, which could lead to…
From the Elsevier press release: Fewer receptors for the anti-stress brain chemical nociceptin is associated with less severe posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in college women who have experienced sexual violence, according to a study…
From the Ohio State University press release: Scientists have long known that the support of friends and family plays a key role in protecting people’s physical health. But a new study suggests that the benefits…