Therefore, attention to social factors, especially with regard to inequality, is critical in approaches to mental health; these factors can be improved dramatically through the implementation of appropriate governmental policies and heightened community awareness. The brain structure and response to stress ...
The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected both physical health and mental well-being around the world. Stress-related reactions, if prolonged, may result in mental health problems. We examined the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health in a multinational ...
I created this blog to encourage others to find healthy ways to manage stress to keep their minds, bodies, and spirits healthy.
Making time for rest and relaxation may also help, especially if your stress is related to your career or other obligations. Taking even short periods throughout the week to consciously focus on other things besides your worries could help you maintain a greater sense of well-being. This may ...
While much research has focused on the impacts of negative psychological states, such as stress, on physical health, relatively little research has examined the effects of positive psychological states. We suggest this imbalance is attributable to inadequate theoretical and methodological development regardi...
“All those concepts are building blocks to maintaining good financial health so that you can hopefully reduce the effects of money on your mental health,” adds McClanahan. Here’s a step-by-step plan for coping with financial stress and healing your relationship with money: ...
Mental injuries often slip under the radar. For example, involvement in motor vehicle accidents can have a lingering impact, such as anxiety and trouble concentrating. “There’s a lot of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that we see in those type of situations,” Egan explained. “That’...
Health workers also reported substantial declines on the MHI-5 when exposed to 3 or more job stressors (−3.50, 95% CI −5.05 to −1.94). Understanding the quality of employment in this workforce, and consequent impacts of this employment on mental health is critical to ensuring ...
How is future stress impacting young people? Overall, 83% of the young people surveyed said that stress about the future was having a moderate to major impact on their mental health. Of those young people who said they are worried about the future, two-thirds (66%) reported c...
If deep down it’s affecting our mental health in a negative way, why do we continue to doom scroll? “People doom scroll for many different reasons,” Brigham says. “The main reason is as a way of feeling in control in a world that feels so out of control all the time.” ...