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Study looks at how age affects stress responses at work

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From the Portland State University press release: Older workers tend to feel more stress than younger workers when their employers don’t provide them with the support and resources needed to do their jobs well, according… 

Why people become more prone to distraction with age

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From the University of Southern California press release: Older adults appear more easily distracted by irrelevant information than younger people when they experience stress or powerful emotions — and a specific network in the brain… 

Study suggests neurobiological link between PTSD and addiction

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From the Society for Neuroscience press release: Recalling traumatic memories enhances the rewarding effects of morphine in male rats, finds new research published in JNeurosci. These findings may help to explain the co-occurrence of post-traumatic stress… 

How chronic early-life stress raises PTSD vulnerability

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From the Massachusetts General Hospital press release: A collaboration between investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital and Khyber Medical University in Pakistan may have discovered how chronic stress experienced early in life increases vulnerability to post-traumatic…