Severe stress reaction and adjustment disorder (54 contents)
Acute stress reaction (47 contents)
What are the benefits of sticking to a routine?
Routine, although often associated with monotony, is the foundation of organisation and can have many benefits for both mental and physical health. Regular, predictable activities help manage time,...
What are the best ways to reduce stress?
Introduction: Stress is a common experience in today's fast-paced life. It can have a negative impact on our physical and mental health, so it is important to find effective ways to cope with stress....
How to deal with high cortisol levels?
Cortisol, also known as the stress hormone, is a key hormone secreted by the adrenal glands in response to stress. High cortisol levels can lead to a variety of health problems. In this article, we...
Understanding stress and anxiety. Key differences worth knowing!
Although stress and anxiety are feelings that each of us has experienced many times in our lives, paradoxically we often fail to distinguish between these states. While both prepare our bodies to act...
Can chronic stress lead to cancer?
Unhealthy food, stimulants and lack of exercise are the first things that come to mind when people think about how cancer arises. However, one often overlooked factor in cancer prevention is chronic...
Permanent stress and depression. Scientists' breakthrough discovery
A recent study in mice may prove to be a breakthrough for treatments for stress-related disorders and depression.
Itchy skin and anxiety - what can these problems have in common?
Theoretically, itchy skin and anxiety are two completely separate complaints, but in practice they have much more in common than one might think. Pruritus can be one of the somatic manifestations of...
Professional burnout - how is it different from ordinary fatigue?
The world we live in provides us with a lot of stress. At work, in turn, where - de facto - we spend most of our time, pressure is omnipresent. The employer demands that we meet targets, perform...
How to turn stress into energy for action?
Stress is an intrinsic part of people's lives, which can provoke very varied reactions. It can have a mobilising or paralysing effect, an urge to take action or a withdrawal effect. How we react to...
Psychodermatology: a scientific discipline to help your child
Dermatological conditions often take the form of chronic illnesses, thus affecting the sufferer's quality of life and their psyche. The relationship between these two spheres of life - physicality...
Stress - diagnosis, treatment, prevention
Stress has been with man since the dawn of time; it is a negative feeling that is exacerbated by certain factors. In the 21st century, living under stress seems, unfortunately, to have become the...
Cannabis use may alter the body's response to stress
Much has already been said about the effects of cannabis use - both as a psychoactive agent and in medicine. However, as more and more people continue to use the drug, various studies are still being...
Wolves will help veterans treat post-traumatic stress disorder
A programme has been set up in the US that could help war veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder to return to normality. It turns out that soldiers can be helped by wolves.
Sports psychologist - how important is this figure in modern sport?
The role of the psychologist in today's sport is very important. Not every athlete has a strong psyche, there are moments of weakness, even when physical form is there. That's when the psychologist...
Apitherapy - the use of bee products in therapeutics
Apitherapy is the use of bee products in therapeutics. Apitherapy is now becoming an increasingly popular alternative to many modern synthetic medicines. It can be used to treat specific health...
Benefits of laziness
The so-called "laziness" has a rather pejorative connotation. It is often associated with slowness, sluggishness, negligence, incompetence, parasitism... It is generally perceived as a negative...
Ways to deal with stress in natural medicine
The world of conventional medicine, over the centuries, has made a great deal of progress, allowing it to help sick people better and better. Interest in natural medicine has also had an impact on...
Psychological and psychiatric effects of rape
Rape leaves a permanent mark on the victim's psyche sometimes for many years, disintegrates the "my self" and leads to isolation from the environment. It can also cause a range of psychiatric...
Can stress cause illness!
For most people, stress has a destructive effect on them. It leads to problems with concentration, irritability, emotional vacillation, nervous tension and various illnesses. The negative effects of...
Attention: holidays! About the dark (stressful) sides of holidays
Holidays are on the list of dozens of stressful life events that can be linked to contracting a serious illness in the near future. Did you know?
Positive and negative stress and different life situations
Every day we face many different stressful situations. While for some it is stressful to go to school, work, an exam or a court hearing, for others it does not cause a problem.
Is chronic stress dangerous for us?
Stress accompanies us every day; for some people it has a mobilising effect, for others it does not allow them to function normally or efficiently in everyday life. Research to find ways of coping...
Severe headaches due to stressful situations, neurotic disorders - causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment
Every day, whether at work, school, at the bank or out and about, can cause us stress, uncertainty, medication, anxiety and all kinds of tension. When stressful situations arise frequently, our...
