Sentences with phrase «chronic social stress»

Enforced group housing will result in severe and chronic social stress (Meisel et al., 1990; Zimmer and Gattermann, 1996) and a higher rate of wounding (Arnold and Estep, 1990).»

Nestler: The ability of this chronic social stress to produce maladaptive changes in brain and behavior are mediated through epigenetic modifications of gene expression in particular emotional centers of the brain.

What we found is that the ability of this chronic social stress to produce maladaptive changes in brain and behavior — loss of pleasure, inability to sleep normally and so on — are mediated through epigenetic modifications of gene expression, in particular, emotional centers of the brain.

Not exact matches

The gut is very sensitive to psychological stress — and, vice versa, the physical and social discomfort of chronic digestive problems can make a person feel more anxious.

Chronic Stress: Workers» Compensation in the 1990s, The Social Policy Challenge 7, by Terry Thomason et al..

The etiology of PPD is unclear and is varied from woman to woman, but certain factors are suspected to contribute to its development: hormonal fluctuations, any preexisting medical problems, personal or family history of depression, marital dysfunction or general lack of support and social network, immaturity and low self - esteem, negative feelings about the pregnancy, lack of sleep, financial concerns, premature or special needs child, multiple pregnancy, traumatic birth, chronic stress factors, and neurotransmitter deficiencies.

Disorders we treat include but are not limited to: generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social anxiety disorder, agoraphobia, selective mutism, obsessive - compulsive disorder, specific phobias, illness anxiety disorder, tic disorders (including chronic motor tic and chronic vocal tic disorders), Tourette's disorder, body dysmorphic disorder, trichotillomania, skin picking and enuresis.

The Council Conclusions stress that harmful use of alcohol is recognised as an important risk factor in the need to reduce the burden of alcohol - related avoidable deaths, chronic diseases, injuries, violence, health inequalities and other social consequences to third parties.

Referencing the report, «Homelessness in Oneida County, NY: Understanding and Addressing a Hidden Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.&Social Problem,» written by Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.&Social Sciences Associates in support of the Mohawk Valley Housing and Homeless Assistance Coalition and funded by The Oneida County Department of Mental Health, Picente said that data makes it clear there is a problem with chronic homelessness, and that the problem of homelessness is intertwined with other social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.&social ills, including substance abuse and chemical dependency, status as an ex-offender, and the increasing number of family breakups caused by economic stress, domestic violence and even transitioning back to the community from military service.»

Looking inside the brains of animals exposed to chronic social defeat stress, the scientists observed hyperactive firing of neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA), a critical part of a reward circuit.

To demonstrate the effects of bullying, the researchers used an animal model simulating the physical and emotional stressors involved in human bullying — chronic social defeat stress.

It may be that «acute» stress, i.e. a one - time stressful experience may lead to social bonding, as shown in the study, but that «chronic» stress, i.e. repeated exposure to stress over a long period, might wear us out.

Instead, the study shows that happiness among those with chronic forms of schizophrenia is associated with positive psychological and social attributes such as resilience, optimism and lower perceived stress.

Economic inequality can also cause anxiety about social status for those with less, which can lead to chronic stress that weakens the cardiovascular and immune systems, says Richard Wilkinson of the University of Nottingham.

It's loosely based on emerging neurobiology research suggesting that social relationships can buffer the negative effects of chronic stress and trauma.

Instead, the growing consensus is that the health risks of low status are due in part to the chronic psychosocial stress of the rat race itself, and of perceived social subordination, whether by other individuals or by institutions.

The Telomere Effect includes information on how sleep, exercise, diet and even our social connections profoundly affect our telomeres and how chronic stress can eat away at them.

The Chronic Social Defeat Stress (CSDS) mouse model has received much interest recently as it closely mimics the dynamic range of individual responses to stressors such as the development of a major depressive disorder, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder or resil ¬ iency to these disease sStress (CSDS) mouse model has received much interest recently as it closely mimics the dynamic range of individual responses to stressors such as the development of a major depressive disorder, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder or resil ¬ iency to these disease sstress disorder or resil ¬ iency to these disease states.

Chronic intermittent ethanol exposure during adolescence: Effects on stress - induced social alterations and social drinking in adulthood.

Here's the retraction notice for «The Effect of Social Stress on Chronic Pain Perception in Female and Male Mice:»

We think that social stress explains these effects because a great deal of research has linked lower rank to increased social stress in captive female macaques (and for primates in some other settings as well), and in fact we were able to measure stress hormone dysregulation in our study subjects indicative of chronic stress.

«Other factors which may lead to a decreased sleep quality include: a woman's general health; various life events, which may contribute to her stress; chronic disease; medication; and degree and presence of social supports, just to name a few,» Rabin explained.

The root cause of mental health issues is part physical imbalance (e.g., chronic inflammation, thyroid dysfunction, autoimmunity, hormone imbalance, blood sugar dysregulation, chronic sleep deprivation), and part psychospiritual (e.g., history of trauma, cognitive distortions, social isolation, chronic stress, living out of alignment with the way human beings evolved to thrive — eating real food, moving their bodies, sleeping in darkness, breathing fresh air, drinking clean water, seeing the sun, connected to nature, and deeply rooted in community).

Eating well, getting proper rest, staying active, writing down what you're grateful for, and maintaining social connection all help protect you from chronic stress.

The gut is very sensitive to psychological stress — and, vice versa, the physical and social discomfort of chronic digestive problems can make a person feel more anxious.

Epidemiologic data has shown that chronic depression, stress, and lack of social support are all risk factors for cancer.14 A study in humans even showed chronic depression and even the death of a mother during childhood to be associated with increased breast cancer in women.15 While we do not have concrete evidence in humans, animal studies more definitively point to stress as a cause of cancer.

Understanding the Silent Fire Within: The Role of Inflammation in Chronic Illness Digestive Health and Detoxification - Putting Out the Fire At The Gate - Restoring Digestive Health, Eat to Heal, Triumph and Thrive, Supplements, Detoxifying Your Body The Four Big S's: Stress, Sleep, Social Health and Spirituality

The Holistic Rx briefly examines the components of every chronic disease — which involve Digestive Health and Detoxification, including what to eat — so that you will be empowered to handle the Four Big S's: Stress, Sleep, Social health, and Spirituality.

As a 29 - year - old PhD candidate in biology at Columbia University, Denise struggled with chronic stress that reared its ugly head as headaches, weight loss resistance, and as she described it, «being ridiculously uptight in social situations.»

The chronic stress of sustained or frequent boredom correlates with neurophysiologic changes that impact cognition, memory, social and emotional behavior — changes that affect school success.

A social - emotional learning curriculum, Second Step, creates a backbone for teaching these skills, the Mindful Schools curriculum helps students learn strategies for self - regulation, and the Compassionate Schools framework provides an understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on learning and children's brains....

When we speak of addiction as a chronic disorder of the brain, it thus includes an understanding that some individuals are more susceptible to drug use and addiction than others, not only because of genetic factors but also because of stress and a host of other environmental and social factors in their lives that have made them more vulnerable.

Chronic conditions such as stress and even social isolation can increase the risk for heart diseases.

Stress can come from inadequate nutrition, poor cage hygiene, poor cage conditions (the cage is too small, lacks perches / branches, toys and a nest box), a lack of social interaction or a chronic threat from predatory animals such as other pets or wildlife.

Social support may act as a buffer under situations of acute stress but not chronic, day - to - day stressful situations as measured in this study (Alloway & Bebbing, 1987).

We hypothesized that social support would act as a buffer to stress because (1) we measured perceived availability of social support that has supported buffering effects and (2) the buffering hypothesis may be particularly relevant to chronically ill persons since a chronic disease could be viewed as an accumulation of stressors (Schreurs & de Ridder, 1997).

I will help you cope with the emotional, physical, and social challenges of handling everyday stress, healing from a traumatic event, living with a medical condition (e.g., chronic pain / headaches, illness), or adjusting to a loved one's illness.

However, as zebras don't usually worry about social and psychological stressors (like in - laws, the Middle East, dress sizes, or the stock market), and focus solely on physical stressors (like lions and twigs snapping suspiciously in the distance), they don't suffer the same chronic activation of stress response we do.

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A social - emotional learning curriculum, Second Step, creates a backbone for teaching these skills, the Mindful Schools curriculum helps students learn strategies for self - regulation, and the Compassionate Schools framework provides an understanding of the impact of trauma and chronic stress on learning and children's brains....

Similarly, here we propose that by favouring social harmony over individuality, collectivistic cultural norms may have evolved to also serve an adaptive, «anti-psychopathology» function, creating an environmental niche that reduces the risk of exposure to environmental pathogens, such as chronic life stress, for group members.

These toxic stress - induced changes in brain structure and function mediate, at least in part, the well - described relationship between adversity and altered life - course trajectories (see Fig 1).4, 6 A hyper - responsive or chronically activated stress response contributes to the inflammation and changes in immune function that are seen in those chronic, noncommunicable diseases often associated with childhood adversity, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cirrhosis, type II diabetes, depression, and cardiovascular disease.4, 6 Impairments in critical SE, language, and cognitive skills contribute to the fractured social networks often associated with childhood adversity, like school failure, poverty, divorce, homelessness, violence, and limited access to healthcare.4, 19,58 — 60 Finally, behavioral allostasis, or the adoption of potentially maladaptive behaviors to deal or cope with chronic stress, begins to explain the association between childhood adversity and unhealthy lifestyles, like alcohol, tobacco, and substance abuse, promiscuity, gambling, and obesity.4, 6,61 Taken together, these 3 general classes of altered developmental outcomes (unhealthy lifestyles, fractured social networks, and changes in immune function) contribute to the development of noncommunicable diseases and encompass many of the morbidities associated epidemiologically with childhood adversity.4, 6

Degree: Master's in Educational Psychology with specialty in Marriage and Family Therapy License: Limited Licensed Psychologist Specialty: Adults, Pre-Marital, Marital, Couples Counseling, Women's Issues, Self - Esteem, Phobias, Panic, Co-Dependency, Adult Sexual Abuse Survivors, Mood Disorders, Family Issues, Adult Children of Alcoholics, Adult Child Abuse Survivors, PTSD, Stress Management, Communication Skills, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, Adjustment Issues, Grief & Loss, Social Problems, Chronic Pain, Life Transitions

Jacobs, Judy PhD, LPC — Adults, Seniors, ADD / ADHD, Aging, Anger, Adjustment Issues, Adult Survivors of Abuse, Anxety / Panic / Phobia, Behavioral Problems, Bi-polar Disorder, Bullying, Career Counseling, Chronic Pain and Illness, Co-dependency, Depression, Dissociative Disorders, Domestic Violence, Family Issues, Grief and Loss, Life Transitions, Mood Disorders, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Parenting Issues, PTSD, Self - Control / Impulse Issues, Self - Injury, Social Problems, Stress Management, Trauma and Abuse, Women's Issues

In humans, the end product of the HPA axis is cortisol, a steroid hormone that follows a diurnal rhythm — increasing early in the morning, peaking approximately 30 minutes after waking, and declining throughout the day, reaching near - zero levels at night.14 This diurnal pattern is not present at birth but begins to emerge around 3 months of age15, 16 and is fully entrained to daylight cycles by age 2 years.17 Children experiencing social deprivation or maltreatment show departures from this typical profile of diurnal HPA activity, suggestive of chronic stress.

Chronic parenting stress: Moderating versus mediating effects of social support.

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A strong social support can buffer against the type of chronic stress than can be toxic to a relationship.

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Gwen Morgan, MA MSW RSW is clinical Social Worker with over 25 - years» experience in medical settings with a focus on stress management and support for people living with chronic illness.