Sunday, July 20, 2008
How emotional pain can really hurt
New brain scanning technologies are revealing that the part of the brain that processes physical pain also deals with emotional pain. And in the same way that in some people injury can cause long-lasting chronic pain, science now reveals why some will never get over such heartbreak.
Sunday, July 06, 2008
Social Worker Uses HeartMath Techniques with Katrina Victims
Butch Robicheaux, a clinical social worker, discusses how he used HeartMath’s Quick Coherence technique and the emWave PC Stress Relief System to help people deal with the emotional aftermath following a natural disaster. He also shares how he has used this with a client with postpartum depression.
ADHD • Anxiety • Depression • HeartMath • PTSD • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Saturday, July 05, 2008
IBM “Commuter Pain” Survey Focuses on Fuel Spending Limit, Frustration and Sleep Deprivation
The first IBM Commuter Pain Survey released today shows a substantial number of drivers in U.S. metropolitan areas are fed up with longer commutes, higher fuel prices and increased pollution and are seeking to reduce the daily toll on their emotional well-being and wallets. 45% report increased stress (above 50% in Dallas, Los Angeles and Miami), and 28% reported increased anger (36% in Los Angeles, the highest).
Anger • Productivity/Performance • Relationships • Sleep • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Stress During Childhood Increases Risk Of Allergies
Moving house or the separation of parents can significantly increase the risk of children developing allergies later on.
Children • Immune System • Stress • (0) Comments • Permalink
Family Stress And Child’s Temper Extremes Contribute To Anxiety And Depression In Children
Small children who grow up in a family where the mother has psychological distress, the family is exposed to stress or is lacking social support, are at higher risk of developing anxious and depressive symptoms in early adolescence. Girls are more vulnerable than boys, and very timid or short-tempered children are more vulnerable than others to develop emotional problems.
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Gene/Stress Interaction Increases Cognitive Decline In Elderly
The negative effects of stress on cognitive functioning appear to be amplified by a genetic variation associated with Alzheimer’s disease, a new federally funded study has found. The genetic variation may, in effect, accelerate the development of age-related cognitive decline by as much as eight years.
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When stress hits, we fall into ‘coping combos’
While health experts urge people to exercise, eat right and get enough sleep in order to keep stress and its harmful effects at bay, many of us tend to fall into all-too-predictable and all-too-unhealthy patterns when life gets out of whack — we smoke more, we drink more, we ignore the gym and make tracks for the shopping mall.
Relaxation Response Can Influence Expression Of Stress-Related Genes
How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis? That question may have been answered by a study finding that eliciting the relaxation response - a physiologic state of deep rest - influences the activation patterns of genes associated with the body’s response to stress.