Flexibility Paradox: Scientists Uncover Hidden Threat of Working From Home
Yes, there are benefits to working from the home office; but there are traps, too. Working at home has given many people the opportunity to…
Stress
Researchers Perplexed: COVID-19 Stress May Be Hard to Beat Even With Exercise
Exercise has been shown to reduce anxiety and stress, but it may not be enough for the levels caused by COVID-19. In a study of…
Five Most Likely Causes of Post-traumatic Stress in Police Officers Identified in New Research
A combination of genetic and emotional differences may lead to post-traumatic stress (PTS) in police officers, a new study finds. Based on biological studies of…
Psychological Distress: Acute Depression, Stress & Anxiety Higher During Peak of COVID-19 Pandemic
Rates of psychological distress, including depression and anxiety symptoms, were found among Australian adults during the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak in Australia, according to…
Your Eyes Can Reveal if You’ve Suffered a Traumatic Experience in the Past
Study shows how traumatic experiences can leave their mark on a person’s eyes. New research by Welsh academics shows that a patient’s pupils can reveal…
Life-Hack: Research Shows Rituals Spell Anxiety Relief
With graduation ceremonies, weddings, funeral, annual parades, and many other gatherings called off in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is apparent that our…
Unlocking the Neuroscience of How Experiencing Traumatic Stress Leads to Aggression
Strengthened amygdala pathways increase aggression, may be targets for PTSD treatment. Traumatic stress can cause aggression by strengthening two brain pathways involved in emotion, according…
Researchers Discover How Stress Restructures the Brain
Stress restructures the brain by halting the production of crucial ion channel proteins, according to research in mice recently published in JNeurosci. Stress harms the brain…
Stress Doesn’t Always Cause Depression – Here’s Why
Changes in neurotransmission may explain intrinsic immunity to depression. Rats susceptible to anhedonia, a core symptom of depression, possess more serotonin neurons after being exposed…
Men’s Stress Increases If Wife Earns More Than 40% of Household Income
Study of US data shows persistent social norms about male breadwinning can harm men’s mental health. Husbands are least stressed when their wives earn up…
3 Issues Are Causing Americans Significant Stress – Here’s the Breakdown
Health care, mass shootings, 2020 election causing Americans significant stress. Stress about health care on par with stress related to mass shootings. A year before…
Groundbreaking Research Into the Value of “Thoughts and Prayers”
Groundbreaking research by a University of Wyoming economist has shed new light on the controversial topic of the value of “thoughts and prayers” in response…
Hot Springs Help Japan’s Snow Monkeys Cope With The Cold
Japanese macaques, also known as snow monkeys, have been enjoying regular baths in the hot spring at Jigokudani in Japan for decades – and have…
Inhibition of FKBP51 Protein Reduces Obesity and Diabetes
For the first time, researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry in Munich could prove that a stress protein found in muscle has a…
Stress Slows Women’s Recovery from Acute Myocardial Infarction
A new study from Yale University shows that stress plays a role in the sex-based differences in recovery after acute myocardial infarction. Young and middle-aged…
Neurobiologists Block the Effects of Stress
By deleting the REDD1 gene in mice, researchers from Yale University were able to block the synaptic and behavioral deficits caused by stress. Ketamine, an…
Homer-1 Could Be a Key to the Treatment of Stress-Induced Cognitive Deficits
In a soon to be published study, researchers from the Max Planck Institute show in mice that social stress reduces the volume of Homer-1 in…
MDMA Provides Prolonged Relief from Severe Stress
A new study indicates that the benefits of MDMA-assisted psychotherapy for patients with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) persist years after the first treatment of the…