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  • City Life

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    Medical News Today:  City Life Is Hard On The Brain. Scientists are beginning to discover that city life is hard on the brain, where the need continuously to process multitudes of fleeting but compelling stimuli can impair mental processes like memory and attention and leave us mentally exhausted…

  • Binge Drinking and Stress

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    Science Daily:  Binge drinking in adolescence changes stress response in adulthood Alcohol exposure during adolescence alters the body’s ability to respond to stress in adulthood, according to new research in rats presented at Neuroscience 2010, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, held in San Diego. Because problems regulating stress are associated with behavioral…

  • Oxytocin v. Anxiety

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    From Science Daily:  Oxytocin and Social Contact Reduce Anxiety. “When animals receive oxytocin and are given an opportunity to recuperate in the presence of a familiar partner, their bodies may release extra oxytocin, which in turn appears to facilitate a less anxious pattern of behavior,” Yee said. The findings suggest that social contact is an…

  • Scanning Anxiety

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    PsychCentral: Brain Scan Can Predict Therapy Response for Anxious Kids The researchers found…that pre-treatment fMRI can be used to select patients who likely do well with psychotherapy alone, and those that may require other therapy, such as medication.

  • Yoga GABA GABA

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    Another study likes yoga for anxiety. New research suggests yoga triggers the release of the brain chemical gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA. GABA is a chemical in the brain that helps to regulate nerve activity. GABA activity is reduced in people with mood and anxiety disorders, and drugs that increase GABA activity are commonly prescribed to improve…

  • Parental Anxiety

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    Stephanie Newman, PhD asks, Can Parental Anxiety Interfere with a Child’s Social and Emotional Development? Bullets: Overplanning for your child can backfire Rejection Can Be the Kindest Cut–and limits can foster healthy development Children Need to Learn How to Be Alone

  • Yoga Reduces Anxiety

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    Another study, same finding: yoga decreases anxiety. The study, aimed at establishing an association between yoga postures, enhanced gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels and decreased anxiety, looked at 2 different groups of healthy people for a period of 12 weeks.  While participants of the first group practiced yoga three times a week for one hour, those in…

  • Food and Mood

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    The Los Angeles Times looks at the food-mood connection with a series of true/falses.  Here’s one: Omega 3 fatty acids found in fish help depression: True At the NIH, Hibbeln has spent two decades studying the effects of omega-3 fatty acids on depression and other mood disorders. The evidence that eating fish high in omega-3s can help…

  • Stress Less, Live More

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    Book of the day:  Stress Less, Live More by Richard Blonna.  The book explores how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy can help reduce stress by getting you focused away from your anxiety and on your life as you want to live it.  Bullet pointed highlights: Learn to mindfully accept what can’t be changed Find peace and…

  • Work Stress

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    Stressful job?  Mental health days are a solution for many. One in five workers will take time off from work because of stress, and 93 percent of these employees report lying — most of them reluctantly — to bosses about the reasons for staying home…the top five cover-ups used for stress absences include the following:…