News tagged with stress disorder
Green spaces reduce stress levels of jobless, study shows
Stress levels of unemployed people are linked more to their surroundings than their age, gender, disposable income, and degree of deprivation, a study shows.
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Feb 15, 2012 |
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Researcher finds 9/11 attacks led to new understanding of mass trauma
(PhysOrg.com) -- Out of the wreckage of the World Trade Center attacks and the events of 9/11 came some of the first large-scale research of mass trauma. The resulting findings have led to a broader understanding of how post-traumatic ...
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Sep 02, 2011 |
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Study identifies protective factors that help women recover from childhood violence
Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to be in abusive intimate relationships and experience psychological problems such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood, according to the Centers for ...
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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Soldiers who avoid distressing images more at risk for PTSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- When presented with images of faces depicting various emotional states, people who look briefly at fearful expressions are more vulnerable to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than those who look at the ...
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Apr 05, 2011 |
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Post-disaster health woes plague New Orleans: study
The effects of a major natural disaster can linger and cause heart attacks and other health woes for years, according to a study released Sunday of New Orleans residents after Hurricane Katrina.
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Which symptoms of PTSD do the most damage?
In the case of post-traumatic stress disorder, not all symptoms are created equal.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 01, 2011 |
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New biological pathway identified for post-traumatic stress disorder
High blood levels of a hormone produced in response to stress are linked to post-traumatic stress disorder in women but not men, a study from researchers at Emory University and the University of Vermont has found.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 23, 2011 |
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Innovative virtual reality exposure therapy shows promise for returning troops
An article published in a forthcoming issue of the Journal of Traumatic Stress is one of the first to provide evidence of the effectiveness of exposure therapy with active duty military service members suffering from posttraumatic ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Child soldier trauma in Uganda shares similarities with Northern Ireland
Psychology students at Queen's University have discovered similarities between child soldier trauma in Uganda and those children caught up in Northern Ireland's Troubles.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Turning off stress
Weizmann Institute scientists reveal the actions of a family of proteins that "turn off" the stress response. Their findings could be relevant to PTSD, anorexia, anxiety disorders and depression.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 08, 2011 |
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Virtual combat game helps treat stress disorder
US doctors are treating soldiers suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by plunging them back into combat, using a virtual reality game that simulates battle scenes from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 26, 2011 |
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More than 3,000 survivors of the WTC attacks experience long-term post-traumatic stress disorder
Nearly 10 years after the greatest human-made disaster in U.S. history-- the destruction of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers -- there has been little research documenting the attacks' consequences among those most directly ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 07, 2011 |
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Stress can enhance ordinary, unrelated memories
Stress can enhance ordinary, unrelated memories, a team of neuroscientists has found in a study of laboratory rats. Their results, which appear in the journal PLoS Biology, may bolster our understanding of post-traumatic stress ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 21, 2010 |
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Researchers suggest diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder are lacking
Current diagnostic procedures for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) fail to adequately reflect research into the broad nature of a traumatic event, according to a study that will appear in the January print issue of Psychological Bu ...
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Dec 16, 2010 |
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Surviving the Christmas blues
Christmas is a time of strong emotions, reflections on lost loved ones and stress from shopping and preparing for seasonal parties and gatherings.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 13, 2010 |
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