Stress and anxiety are widely believed to contribute to drinking. Alcohol is thought to reduce tension caused by stress as well as alleviate the unpleasant symptoms of anxiety .
Category: Anxiety
Drs. Oz & Roizen: Overreaction to everyday sounds may be – misophonia’
… tranquilizers. That was 18 months ago! I think they have a terrible effect on her alertness, balance and overall health, but now she’s hooked. Should I intervene? -Georgia F., Fayetteville, North Carolina You’ve identified a growing health issue …
Assessing the impact of stress in age-related macular degeneration
… approaches-for example, “mindfulness” interventions-have led to improved outcomes in patients with various health conditions. Dr. Dougherty and colleagues also note that stress may be associated with increased inflammation and that AMD is an …
Surrey woman part of $6.2M drug award
Faith Gibson holds her two-year-old daughter Meah Bartram in 2008. The little girl was born with a hole in her heart, a condition Gibson believes was caused by the doctor-prescribed anti-anxiety medication she was taking while pregnant.
Doctors tweak aid-in-dying drugs to prevent prolonged deaths
Two years after an abrupt price hike for a lethal drug used by terminally ill patients to end their lives, doctors are once again rethinking aid-in-dying medications – this time because they’re taking too long to work. The concerned physicians say they’ve come up with yet another alternative to Seconal, the powerful sedative that was the drug of choice under Death with Dignity laws until prices charged by a Canadian company doubled to more than $3,000 per dose.
Brian electric shocks may turn off anorexia:
… period, which the researchers said was probably because they were uncomfortable with their weight gain. Mental health symptoms also improved, with mood and anxiety symptoms reducing in five patients and depression reducing in 10 out of the 14 …
Deep brain stimulation for patients with chronic anorexia is safe and might improve symptoms
… might alter the brain circuits that drive anorexia nervosa symptoms and help improve patients ‘ mental and physical health, according to a small study published in The Lancet Psychiatry . Despite having the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric …
Researchers pinpoint new neural mechanism that regulates chronic stress response
In addition to the classic stress response in our bodies – an acute reaction that gradually abates when the threat passes – our bodies appear to have a separate mechanism that deals only with chronic stress. These Weizmann Institute of Science findings, which recently appeared in Nature Neuroscience , may lead to better diagnosis of and treatment for anxiety and depression.
Caring for those who cared for us
The Ballarat Health Services aged mental health unit gets 600 new referrals a year. And half of those will be people aged over 65 suffering from mood disorders or depression.
Spaced Out
Wow! You are talking about a seriously divisive issue. I have seen heated debates about politics and religion that have ended more pleasantly than a discussion about how many spaces should be used behind a sentence.
Mindfulness meditation training lowers biomarkers of stress response in anxiety disorder
… Mindfulness meditation has become an increasingly popular way for people to improve their mental and physical health, yet most research supporting its benefits has focused on lengthy, weeks-long training programs. Men with prostate cancer who are …
a Gop Senator Told a Democrat To Lighten Up During a Confirmation Hearing. It Didn’t Go Well.
Sen. Pat Roberts’ attempt to break the ice at a hearing for President-elect Donald Trump ‘s pick to lead the Treasury backfired on Thursday. The Kansas senator opened the hearing by offering anti-anxiety drug valium to Sen. Ron Wyden , after he delivered a lengthy opening statement detailing the shady business history of Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury.
a Gop Senator Told a Democrat To Lighten Up During a Confirmation Hearing. It Didn’t Go Well.
Sen. Pat Roberts’ attempt to break the ice at a hearing for President-elect Donald Trump ‘s pick to lead the Treasury backfired on Thursday. The Kansas senator opened the hearing by offering anti-anxiety drug valium to Sen. Ron Wyden , after he delivered a lengthy opening statement detailing the shady business history of Steven Mnuchin, Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury.
Love it, Like it, Hate it: Sleep Aids for #SleepRevolutionNOLA 28-day Sleep Revolution Challenge
We know that getting 7 hours of shut-eye is easier said than done, so if you’re looking an extra bit of support to help you get more Z’s, we’re Getting the Skinny on the best & worst of popular sleep aids that promise a better night’s rest. While we sleep, our body restores the connections between brain cells; essential for memory, attention, and overall high level functioning.
#SleepRevolutionNOLA: 28-day Sleep Revolution Challenge
The 28-day Sleep Revolution Challenge, based on Arianna Huffington’s The Sleep Revolution , kicks off this week, with the goal of getting at least 7 hours of sleep a night, so today we’re Getting the Skinny with Molly on 5 key sleep strategies from The Sleep Revolution to help you get started. Unplug: Smartphones in another room.
These Apps Fight Depression and Anxiety
Today, the right app can help you sleep better, train harder, eat cleaner, and-according to new research from Northwestern Medicine and funded by the National Institutes of Health-even reduce symptoms of depression and anxiety. In the study, released today, 96 people using a suite of 13 apps called IntelliCare four times a day for eight weeks saw a 50 percent drop in the severity of their depression and anxiety symptoms.
Detentions, Suspension and Expulsion Do Not Curb Violent Behavior
… a positive approach that prevents problems from emerging and provides supports for students with more serious mental health and behavior problems that may include depression, anxiety and acting out. In this “tiered” support approach, intervention is …
‘Friendship Bench’ program proves effective at alleviating mental illness symptoms
We need innovations like the Friendship Bench to flip the gap and go from 10 percent of people receiving treatment, to 90 percent of people receiving treatment. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, December 27, 2016 / EINPresswire.com / — Their offices are simple wooden seats, called Friendship Benches, located in the grounds of health clinics around Harare and other major cities in Zimbabwe.
How many social media accounts do YOU have? Those with more than…
How many social media accounts do YOU have? Those with more than seven are three times more likely to suffer from depression, researchers warn The number of social media accounts you have can reveal a lot about your mental health, a new study has found. Young adults who use seven to 11 different platforms are more than three times more likely to report depressive symptoms – compared to those who use zero to two, according to Pittsburgh researchers The number of social media accounts you have can reveal a lot about your mental health, says researchers.
Use of multiple social media platforms linked to depression, anxiety
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Research on Media, Technology and Health have found that excessive social media use often correlates with an increased risk of depression or anxiety. In a survey of nearly 1,800 adults between the ages of 19 and 32, researchers found that participants who used between seven and 11 social media platforms had substantially higher odds of having increased levels of both depression and anxiety symptoms compared to those that used anywhere from zero to two social media platforms.
As Drug Overdose Deaths Escalate, Opioids Continue to Be the Top Killer
… in 2010. Opioid drugs continue to be linked to the highest percentage of these deaths. The report may spur public health officials and other leaders to focus more on responding to the growing addiction and drug abuse problem, Dr. Caleb Alexander, …
Taking Psychiatric Meds Is Way More Common Than You Think
Even though there’s been a lot of buzz about destigmatizing mental health issues lately-everyone from Demi Lovato to Selena Gomez has been open about their ongoing struggles-we still have a long way to go in terms of normalizing seeking help for mental disorders. That’s why we were interested to see new research that appeared earlier this month in JAMA Internal Medicine , which examined exactly how many people in the United States are taking antidepressants, anxiety meds, and anti-psychotic medications.