Many of the physical changes caused by depression, such asinsomniaor a lack of deep sleep, are thought to weaken your immune system. This can make existing illnesses worse. In turn, physical changes caused either by depression or chronic disease can trigger or worsen depression. All these chang...
Depression in the Elderly: Mental Problems Are Often Linked to Physical Ailments. But Which Is the Cause and Which Is the Effect?Cristine Russell
Psychogenic pain is a term for pain caused by psychological factors like depression and anxiety (2). It is closely linked to the emotions of depression and anxiety, but can also be caused by other factors like stress (which is inherently, more often than not, linked to anxiety). People wit...
Peripheral neuropathy is a condition where nerves are damaged causing weakness, burning pain, numbness, tingling, and debilitating balance problems. The damage to the nerves can be caused by many different problems in the body. Poor blood flow to the nerves, toxic levels of sugar in the blood ...
is thecontinuous sensation of ringing or other noisein your ears (for example, buzzing, roaring or humming) when no outside noise is present. This irritating condition iscommonly caused byage-related hearing loss, noise exposure, medications, earwax or an ear infection, and otherailments. ...
The participants reported several physical ailments, which limited their physical capability. The impact of physical impairment on motivation to change behaviour led some participants to consider giving up any effort to change behaviour: “I was wondering whether I’d give up altogether because I’ve...
(MCA) and multiple factor analysis (MFA). The results of 375 respondents show that there is a low level of physical activity (<300 METs, 49.6%), where women register sedentary behavior (73%). Emotionally, most of them show feeling bored. Some express anxiety, depression, discomfort, and ...
The general intent is to aid the individual or the patient to confront the substance dependence, if present, and stop the substance abuse to avoid psychological, legal, financial, social, and other physical consequences that can be caused, especially by the extreme abuse. Treatment includes ...
A primary reason is that ASD is not traditionally seen as being related to any physical ailments but solely the result of behavioural and neuropsychiatric dysfunction. We argue that the main barrier to better awareness and recognition is this paradigm within which many healthcare professionals operate...
disorders such as depression8. Likewise, sub-optimal body composition (e.g., low muscle mass and high adipose tissue levels) is associated with significant chronic ailments, such as cancers, type 2 diabetes, and mortality9. Plyometric training (PT) is a highly favored training approach ...