Mental Health topics
Stress
Find out the symptoms of stress, how stress can affect your health and how to manage and treat it.
Bereavement stress linked to increased risk of cardiovascular events
Emotional stress in bereavement may contribute not only to an increased risk of depression, but also raise the risk of cardiovascular events.
Diabetes: work stress a possible risk factor in women
Work stress may be an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes among women, researchers say.
Emotional stress is bad for blood pressure
Dwelling on emotional issues may lead to high blood pressure problems, say US researchers.
Heart risk higher with pessimistic type D personality
People with a type D (pessimistic) personality had an almost three times higher risk of heart problems and death.
Men with chronic work stress more likely to die
Men under high levels of chronic stress at work are more likely to die from any cause than their peers.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a type of anxiety disorder that affects people who have witnessed or been involved in a traumatic event.
Stress
Stress affects different people in different ways your attitude and personality play a big part in how it affects you, and how you cope with it.
Stress a trigger for asthma in children
Research has shown that stressful life events can increase the risk of children`s asthma attacks over the subsequent few weeks.
Stress keeps heart-damaging fats in the bloodstream longer
Short periods of psychological stress can cause the body to take longer to clear triglycerides, which are heart damaging fats, from the bloodstream.
Stress makes multiple sclerosis symptoms worse
For patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), stressful life events seem to make their symptoms worse, finds a study in this week`s British Medical Journal (2003; 327: 646).
Tai Chi improves psychological well-being
People may be able to improve their psychological well-being by taking up the ancient art of Tai Chi.
Young Australian women failing the stress test
A study shows that young women are feeling more stress than older women.
Emotional stress in bereavement may contribute not only to an increased risk of depression, but also raise the risk of cardiovascular events.
Diabetes: work stress a possible risk factor in women
Work stress may be an independent risk factor for type 2 diabetes among women, researchers say.
Emotional stress is bad for blood pressure
Dwelling on emotional issues may lead to high blood pressure problems, say US researchers.
Heart risk higher with pessimistic type D personality
People with a type D (pessimistic) personality had an almost three times higher risk of heart problems and death.
Men with chronic work stress more likely to die
Men under high levels of chronic stress at work are more likely to die from any cause than their peers.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a type of anxiety disorder that affects people who have witnessed or been involved in a traumatic event.
Stress
Stress affects different people in different ways your attitude and personality play a big part in how it affects you, and how you cope with it.
Stress a trigger for asthma in children
Research has shown that stressful life events can increase the risk of children`s asthma attacks over the subsequent few weeks.
Stress keeps heart-damaging fats in the bloodstream longer
Short periods of psychological stress can cause the body to take longer to clear triglycerides, which are heart damaging fats, from the bloodstream.
Stress makes multiple sclerosis symptoms worse
For patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), stressful life events seem to make their symptoms worse, finds a study in this week`s British Medical Journal (2003; 327: 646).
Tai Chi improves psychological well-being
People may be able to improve their psychological well-being by taking up the ancient art of Tai Chi.
Young Australian women failing the stress test
A study shows that young women are feeling more stress than older women.
