University provides puppy room for stressed students
Puppy love Dalhousie University in Halifax has hired therapy dogs for three days this December, so that stressed students can enjoy some puppy-assisted relaxation time during end-of-term exams. The...
View ArticleStressed rich outlive stressed poor: study
The combination of being poor and stressed has been described as a “bomb” by researcher Dr Antonio Ivan Lazzarino, who examined a database of more than 66,500 people across England to gauge the effects...
View ArticleMix of mindfulness, art therapy destresses breast cancer patients
In the first study of its kind, women with breast cancer who took part in an eight-week program involving exposure to a mixture of mindfulness and art therapy were found to have less brain activity in...
View ArticleCBT cuts anxiety among depressed patients: study
In the first large-scale study of its kind, scientists have shown that CBT can help those who do not respond positively to antidepressants. CBT helps patients change the way that they think, in order...
View ArticleLoneliness triggers stress response; hits brain like cocaine
One legacy of our hunter-gatherer past is that humans are social animals who rely on the support of fellow humans to survive – and have an overwhelming need to belong to a group. One result, according...
View ArticleFestive season ups stress hormones, disrupting sleep
This may be the season of goodwill but the stress of the festive period can also play havoc with our sleep patterns. Increased levels of stress at this time of year, due to work and home commitments,...
View ArticleMultimedia multi-tasking is linked to anxiety: study
Media multi-tasking, such as texting, watching TV and using a laptop simultaneously, has been linked to anxiety and depression. In the first study of its kind, US psychologists have linked the use of...
View ArticleMen remember stuff better under stress – but women don’t: study
Women are commonly said to be better than men at multi-tasking but men, suggests a new study, can recall information better than normally when they are under mild stress, whereas the same appears not...
View ArticleStress raises heart risk by 27%; like smoking five cigarettes a day
People who feel under stress have a 27 per cent higher chance of developing heart disease, suggests a new study. In the first study of its kind, researchers at America’s Columbia University Medical...
View ArticleCan “Virtual Reality Therapy” relieve stress, supplant CBT?
Virtual Reality therapy is becoming an increasingly popular treatment for a variety of stress-related illnesses and phobias. Based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), VR – part of the growing...
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