Tag: anxiety
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Mask-wearing can increase struggles with social anxiety
The study by researchers from the University of Waterloo also has implications for those who haven't necessarily suffered from social anxiety in the past.
June 21, 2021 -
Vitamin-rich superfoods to aid reduce anxiety, stress
It boosts the immune system and increases the body's ability to withstand stressful situations. Dietician Vidhi Chawla lists down a few vitamin-rich food items to include in our diet.
May 26, 2021 -
Combating stress and anxiety with natural herbs
The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has struck both people’s mental health and physical health, with necessary protocols like social distancing and restricted mobility making the average Indian feel alienated and low-spirited. In a country which already grappled with silent mental health issues pre-pandemic, the current Covid-19 situation has further exacerbated stress and anxiety at an unprecedented …
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May 7, 2021 -
Being workaholic may increase depression, anxiety risk
The study, published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, indicates that people with higher work addiction risk compared to people with low work addiction risk have twice the risk of developing depression.
January 20, 2021 -
Religious people cope well with anxiety, depression: Study
The research was prompted in part by earlier studies demonstrating that people who are religious tend to use a coping strategy that closely resembles cognitive reappraisal.
January 17, 2021 -
Being workaholic may increase depression, anxiety risk
Sleep quality was lower for workers with a high risk of work addiction compared to workers with a low risk of work addiction. Also, women had almost twice the work addiction risk than men, the researchers said.
January 14, 2021 -
Women suffering more than men due to Covid-19 isolation
The findings, published in Frontiers in Global Women's Health, suggest sex and gender differences may play a role in psychological and behavioural reactions to the pandemic.
December 24, 2020 -
Stress in pregnancy may influence baby’s brain development
The study, published in the journal eLife, suggests that stress levels in mothers - measured by a hormone linked to anxiety and other health problems - is related to changes in areas of the infant brain associated with emotional development.
November 29, 2020 -
Low fitness may increase depression and anxiety: Study
Their baseline aerobic fitness at the start of the study period was tested by using a stationary bike the increasing resistance, while their muscular fitness was measured with a grip strength test.
November 14, 2020 -
Study reveals how sleep loss puts people at greater anxiety risk
The study, published in the journal Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, provided new insights into how sleep deprivation affects brain function to disrupt fear extinction.
November 12, 2020 -
Covid-19 can trigger OCD in kids and young people: Study
The study, published in the journal BMC Psychiatry, also shown us that Covid-19 may be associated with adults developing psychiatric disorders.
November 10, 2020 -
Why depression, anxiety are diagnosed more in women than men
Gender is a significant determining factor in mental health and in how it is managed by the healthcare services, according to recent studies conducted in Spain by the UPV/EHU's research group OPIK, Social Determinants of Health and Demographic Change.
November 4, 2020 -
Pets linked to better human health
The fact that they do not judge you materialistically but your ability to share and love others make them a crucial part of your mental and emotional health.
September 26, 2020 -
Anxiety rates due to job insecurity similar among men, women
"Public health consequences of job insecurity need to be seriously considered, given that recent changes due to Covid-19 crisis, are likely to result in a higher prevalence of workers, both males and females, feeling threatened by involuntary job loss," said study researchers from the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy.
September 17, 2020 -
Researchers decode brain mechanism of taking risks
The findings, published in the journal Nature Communications, may help understand the neural mechanisms in mental disorders that feature increased or reduced avoidance.
August 31, 2020 -
Learning more about COVID-19 reduces pandemic-related stress: Study
'Covid-19 is a new disease -- it's not something that people worried about before so we wanted to see how people were responding to and coping with this new source of stress,' said study co-author Shevaun Neupert from North Carolina State University in the US.
August 11, 2020 -
Yoga helps in combating stress, anxiety, depression: AIIMS study
According to researchers, coronavirus can set off a cytokine storm and calming down this storm is key for survival. Cytokines are molecules which regulate the activity of the immune system.
June 23, 2020