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- How to Help Babies Sleep Better Without Just Leaving Them Crying
After a while, I started feeling stressed and asked why they would not go to him. They also said that, in the beginning, they found it very stressful to not respond to the baby's crying However, this does not mean they are necessarily not experiencing stress; they may have just learnt to Indeed, many parents find such sleeping techniques very stressful, and many regret having used them. This is because, to stay awake, they have produced high levels of the stress hormone cortisol, which
- The Winter of Blackouts: Ukraine in the Dark. Part 3
country’s public health sector and the mental health of our generation after years of battling constant stress In my effort to understand the consequences of power outage-related stress, I spoke to a Ukrainian psychologist Children are mirroring the stress and tension their parents are going through, which often spills out a price to pay for the constant “fight or flight” mode and the huge amounts of cortisol (the body's stress Surveys of people living through the power shortages often report spiking rates of stress, anxiety, and
- Stuck in the spiral of 'what if'? Understanding the basics of Catastrophising
brain in particular, the amygdala, has a key role in detecting threats and quickly priming us to elicit stress It can be helpful when we haven’t got learned information about potentially stressful stimuli (we haven psychological disorders such as health anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and posttraumatic stress likely for our thinking to head toward the spiral, such as negative mood states or periods of increased stress Catastrophising might ultimately stem from somewhere beneficial, but that doesn’t mean it cannot lead to a lot of stress
- Yoga is not "woo-woo" anymore: yoga can reduce inflammation, according to research
I am a postdoctoral researcher and project manager at the Stress, Psychiatry and Immunology (SPI) Lab You can see some of my publications on yoga philosophy & mental health, yoga and stress, and my recent Current medical knowledge recognises the role of stress in the development of psychiatric conditions Acute and chronic stress, mainly through the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis (the name given Finally, yoga has also been advised for stress in patients with breast cancer.
- Exercising our immune system during COVID-19
A recent study in astronauts, who experience great levels of isolation and confinement stress when in Prolonged exposure to stressful situations puts our biological stress response into overdrive, increasing the production of stress hormones such as cortisol that can inhibit many critical functions of our immune Specifically, stress causes our immune cells to become less efficient at responding to infectious agents However, the direct improvements in immunity coupled with lower levels of stress, would indicate that
- My Experience of Burnout as an Author (and How You Can Avoid It)
crying, she placed her hand on my arm and said, "you are burned out and experiencing high levels of stress It was what executives got, what celebrities went through, and what people with high-powered, stressful The term ‘burnout’ describes a severe stress condition that leads to serious physical, mental, and emotional We’ve all remarked on occasion that we are ‘really stressed’, but chronic stress can be the cause of How can staying at home and making up stories lead to such high levels of exhaustion and stress that
- Gene-Environment Interplay in Depression and Body Inflammation
., stressful life events) influence our mental and physical health. When we experience high levels of stress our immune system acts as if there was an infection (even if This suggests that early-life stress may affect depression through its long-term negative effects on It is worth noting that not everyone experiencing high levels of stress will necessarily manifest body Our genes could help us understand why some of us respond more negatively to stressful environments than
- The Role of Psychoneuroendocrinology in Health and Disease
to test how people respond to acute stress. hormones, while the participant is completing stressful tasks. What is deemed ‘stressful’ varies from person to person. As mentioned before, the stress response includes different bodily aspects. are in evoking a stress response.
- Behind Cats' Purrs and Their Healing Power-Sharing the Benefits
Let me introduce myself, I’m Nicole, a researcher at the Stress, Psychiatry & Immunology (SPI) lab at Endorphins help decrease stress hormone levels. Lowered stress hormones are helpful for healing, lowering blood pressure, and helping people cope with Purring as anti-stress and anxiety If these “healing powers” were not enough, the combined effects of their relaxing presence and their purr make cats powerful against stress and anxiety.
- Working together to protect the well-being of preterm babies and their families
Research has shown that mental illness and stress can increase the risk of pregnancy and birth complications While it is important to avoid “getting stressed about the fact that you feel stressed” and rather focus We know that preterm birth can be very stressful or even traumatic. As much as premature birth is stressful for parents, the same is true for babies. to those described following adversity in childhood, which are ascribed to the experience of “toxic stress
- Mind-Body Harmony: Unraveling Yoga's Impact on the Brain
Regular yoga practice has been associated with reduced stress and anxiety levels. indicated that experienced yogis may exhibit higher levels of delta brainwaves and lower levels of stress-related brainwave patterns, such as beta waves, even when confronted with stressful situations in their daily can increase activity in the slower brain waves, leading to a sense of calm and a better response to stressful
- How are Ukrainian mental health workers responding to a collective crisis?
in 2017, 84.6 % of Ukrainians from the general population reported having experienced post-traumatic stress People report the most typical issues: burnout, recovery from a breakup, sleep problems, stress, anger For example, we added calming audio fairytales in Ukrainian, de-stressing games, and advice for different I think after the war, it will be essential to provide solutions for handling the stress brought on by From the beginning of the war, 64.6% of Ukrainian users used the app to reduce stress, 64.2% to feel