From the SAGE Publications press release via EurekAlert!: A study exploring the impact of early parental death has revealed the long-term damage and suffering that can be experienced by individuals in adult life if appropriate…
From the Medical University of Vienna press release via AlphaGalileo: Fear is a protective function against possible dangers that is designed to save our lives. Where there are problems with this fear mechanism, its positive…
From the Springer press release via EurekAlert!: Poor mental health leads to unhealthy behaviors in low-income adults – not the other way around, according to a new study by Dr. Jennifer Walsh and colleagues from…
From the UCLA press release via HealthCanal: UCLA researchers, in a finding that runs counter to conventional wisdom, have discovered for the first time that a gene thought to express a stress-response protein in all…
From the Oregon State University press release: The “empty nest” of past generations, in which the kids are grown up and middle-aged adults have more time to themselves, has been replaced in the United States…
From the CNRS (Délégation Paris Michel-Ange) press release via ScienceDaily: One of the mechanisms involved in the onset of stress-induced depression has been highlighted in mice by researchers from CNRS, Inserm and UPMC (1). They…
From the Ohio State University press release via EurekAlert!: New research links loneliness to a number of dysfunctional immune responses, suggesting that being lonely has the potential to harm overall health. Researchers found that people…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release via EurekAlert!: It is well known that violent adults often have a history of childhood psychological trauma. Some of these individuals exhibit very real, physical alterations…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via ScienceDaily: Women suffering from stress-related exhaustion exhibit hypersensitivity to sounds when exposed to stress. In some cases, a sound level corresponding to a normal conversation can be perceived…
From the University of Wisconsin-Madison press release via ScienceDaily: People suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and asthma — in which psychological stress plays a major role — may…