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Christmas can be a stressful time for hosts and guests alike, and it’s more so for carers of people living with dementia.
Cricketer Jonathan Trott went home early from the Ashes last week citing a stress-related condition. While the Australian team said they would not use his illness as a sledging opportunity, Trott’s illness…
The meditation-based therapy known as “mindfulness” training has been found to improve concentration in incarcerated adolescents…
It is the events that happen in our lives that determine the state of our mental health, rather than some inherent personal inadequacy or genetic flaw.
A new study sheds light on why natural spaces in cities can help keep us healthy. Researchers found that people living in neighbourhoods with a large amount of green space, such as parks or playing fields…
The link between materialistic behaviour and stress may be stronger than originally though, according to new research led…
People with high stress levels are more likely to become obese, according to new research from Monash University’s School…
The end of the summer holidays mean office workers will be firmly back to the daily grind of attending meetings, sending emails, organising diaries and paperwork, and overtime. But after a number of cases…
We often talk about work-life balance but for most of us it might be more appropriately called work-life imbalance. The recent sad death of a Merrill Lynch intern sparked the company to review working…
While many people are relieved Australia is concluding its operations in Afghanistan, the effects of our involvement have, in many ways, only just begun. Retired Major General John Cantwell, the author…
Researchers at University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Research Institute (BMRI) have found that heart attack survivors who…
If we want to understand child development, we need to start before birth. We have known for decades that health depends on an interaction between our genes and our environment. But we’ve also come to…
High stress among Indigenous children in urban areas is linked to poorer physical health and more parental concern about behavioural issues, a new study has found. Of 344 participating children, 51% had…
People under stress are likely to continue whichever habits they have previously developed, researchers at the University…
Children who overreact to stressful situations continue to eat when they’re not hungry, increasing their risk of obesity…
Australian workers who suffer psychological injuries at work are less likely to claim workers’ compensation for GP visits…
Stress, rather than chemotherapy, is responsible for decreased verbal fluency or loss of memory and attention for women with…
Victims of office bullying are more likely to have high levels of stress, which in turn leads to a host of mental and physical…
The holiday period can be a stressful time for many of us, even when we do have time off work. Many people will work over the holidays, and be called into difficult or tragic situations, particularly our…
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