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Thursday, October, 29, 2009

Effects Of Stress On Mental Health

Housework may ease stress, depression

October 03, 2008
Cleaning your house vigorously for 20 minutes non-stop once a week may improve your levels of anxiety, stress, or depression, a new study suggests. Scientists from University College looked at 3,000 participants were deemed to be suffering from stress and/or anxiety. They found that people who did vigorous housework once a week regularly were 20 percent less likely to suffer from mental health problems. Researchers stress that to provide these positive effects, the housework must leave the perso... Read more »

Expert & Community Posts

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How Stress Affects the Body
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...it is exposed to stress over the longer term. The effects of chronic stress result in wear and... Read more »

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Stressed Out - Defining Stress Incontinence
By Jasmine Schmidt , Health Expert

...SharePost, however, I'd like to discuss the causes and effects of emotional stress when living... Read more »

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Exercise & Mental Health
By Jerry Kennard , Health Expert

...depression and the elevation of mood.   Positive Effects of Exercise   Exercise is a useful... Read more »

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Resilience To Stress Plays Role in Depression
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...mechanisms that mediate resistance to the deleterious effects of stress remain unknown." ~... Read more »

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Resilience To Stress Plays Role in Depression
By Teri Robert , Health Expert

...mechanisms that mediate resistance to the deleterious effects of stress remain unknown." ~... Read more »

Health Guide

Bipolar: Managing Stress Part 4: Seeing it Coming
...a lot of the time. The ancients knew the value of stopping and smelling the roses. Enlightened mental health treatment in the US was founded on the principle of placing individuals in restful... Read more »
CareConnection: The Impact of Caregiving
...Source: Schulz, R. and Beach, S. R., Caregiving as a Risk Factor for Mortality: The Caregiver Health Effects Study. Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 282, No. 23, December... Read more »
Resilience To Stress Plays Role in Depression
...However, the neural substrates and molecular mechanisms that mediate resistance to the deleterious effects of stress remain unknown." ~ Krishnan et al Results of a new study reported in the... Read more »
Stress Part I: Some Landmark Findings
...around the same time as the Heim/Nemeroff study, two Centers for Disease Control surveys looked at the effects of armed conflict on groups of Albanians and Serbs. In the first study, two-thirds... Read more »
Best Treatment Practices for PTSD Deemed “Uncertain”
...that 38% of soldiers and 50% of National Guard members who have served in Iraq or Afghanistan report mental health issues ranging from post-combat stress to brain injuries.[2]  Despite the fact... Read more »

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