News tagged with mental distress

Study finds young men more vulnerable to relationship ups and downs than women

Contrary to popular belief, the ups and downs of romantic relationships have a greater effect on the mental health of young men than women, according to a new study by a Wake Forest University sociology professor.

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created Jun 08, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Therapy 32 times more cost effective at increasing happiness than money

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by the University of Warwick and the University of Manchester finds that psychological therapy could be 32 times more cost effective at making you happy than simply obtaining more money. The research ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Where you live may affect your state of mind

Frequent Mental Distress (FMD), defined as having 14 or more days in the previous month when stress, depression and emotional problems were not good , is not evenly distributed across the United States. In fact, certain geographic ...

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created Apr 14, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Economic recession takes toll on family relationships, researcher says

A majority of Americans rate their current financial situation as poor or fair, and nearly half of Americans say they have encountered financial problems in the past year, according to the Pew Research Center. A University ...

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

80% university students mentally stressed

More than 80 percent of university students are struggling with psychological distress with almost one-fifth of these classified as having a serious mental illness, according to a UQ study.

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created Nov 22, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Older Australians overprescribed antidepressants

(PhysOrg.com) -- Older Australians are being overprescribed medications for depression, according to a study by researchers published today in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry.

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created May 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The association between sleep disturbances and reduced quality of life varies by race

A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine shows that having a sleep disturbance is associated with clinically meaningful reductions in health-related quality of life, and the magnitude of thi ...

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created Apr 15, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Ignoring racism makes distress worse, study finds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Subtle forms of racism are part of the fabric of life, according to Professor of Counseling Alvin Alvarez, but the way people choose to cope with racist incidents can influence how much distress ...

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created Apr 06, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2

Witnesses to bullying may face more mental health risks than bullies and victims

Students who watch as their peers endure the verbal or physical abuses of another student could become as psychologically distressed, if not more so, by the events than the victims themselves, new research suggests.

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created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Acne really is a nightmare for some teens

Zits, pimples, bumps and blemishes are a young person's worst nightmare. Collectively they are known as acne, a very common skin condition that affects millions of adolescents. Now a Norwegian study published in the open ...

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created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Spike in suicide calls due to economy

(AP) -- Economic woes are weighing heavily on some Americans - so much so that the federal government is boosting financial support for suicide prevention centers around the nation.

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created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Locked-in' patients happier than thought - study

Many people with "locked-in" syndrome, in which they are conscious but completely paralysed, indicate they are happy, a finding with repercussions for assisted suicide, European doctors reported on Wednesday.

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created Feb 23, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Happiness slides across Europe as speculation mounts on new UK government happiness index

Emotional prosperity in Europe is falling, and this troubling fact needs to be faced by the European governments. That is the conclusion from a new research report from the University of Warwick which documents cross-country ...

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created Nov 15, 2010 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The correlation between acne and social and mental health problems

Researchers have looked into the association between acne and mental health in teenagers and report their findings online in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. Their work suggests adverse events including suicidal ideati ...

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created Sep 20, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mental health affected by perceived life-threat

Feeling like your life is in danger during an accident or disaster can have long-term negative effects on health - whether or not the threat to your life was real. This is one of the results of a new doctoral thesis from ...

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created Sep 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0