From the AFTAU press release: Mental state can play a crucial role in physical health — medical professionals have long known about the connection between anxiety and the immune system, for example. Now researchers at…
From the UC San Diego press release: Gazing into your lover’s eyes isn’t only romantic; it also releases a brain chemical called oxytocin that strengthens social bonds in a variety of species. For some people…
From the Journal of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics press release via AlphaGalileo: A new study published by a group of Finnish investigators in the last 2011 issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics sheds some new light on…
From the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) press release: Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make…
From the Stanford University press release: What if you could teach your brain to respond differently to things that make you feel sad, down or stressed out? What if doing that helped ward off depression?…
From the Arizona State University press release: A new study provides evidence that adolescents who suffer from depression are more likely to experience difficulty in peer relationships, including being bullied at school. It’s often assumed…
From the Pennsylvania State University press release: Comparing yourself to others with the same health problem can influence your physical and emotional health, according to researchers who conducted a qualitative synthesis of more than 30…
From the Public Library of Science press release via EurekAlert!: In low- and middle-income countries, mild cognitive impairment—an intermediate state between normal signs of cognitive aging, such as becoming increasingly forgetful, and dementia, which may…
From the Lund University press release: Good news for the 13 per cent of the population with depressive personality traits: their negative outlook does not have to be permanent. This has been shown by psychologist…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists now have a better understanding of the way that stress impacts the brain. New research, published by Cell Press in the January 26 issue of the…