Not exact matches
When I opened my private practice I was co-located in a midwifery office, the midwives I worked with attracted many women with history
of traumatic birth seeking better care and I ended up taking on many clients with traumatic
stress symptoms in a subsequent pregnancies and
reporting experiences
of obstetric violence and / or triggering memories and flashbacks from childhood or earlier life abuses.
Some
reported symptoms of post-traumatic
stress such as flashbacks, nightmares, agitation and hyper vigilance.
A series
of randomized control trials
of a nurse home visitation program show a range
of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study
of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower depressive
symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to
report feeling
stressed a year after participation.
In fact, in a recent study
of American mothers, 18 %
of respondents
reported symptoms of post-traumatic
stress disorder (Beck et al 2011).
Women
report more overall distress than men do and tend to experience higher levels
of psychophysiological
symptoms in response to
stress — headaches, insomnia, muscle tension, anxiety, hostility, dizziness, nausea, pounding heart, lack
of motivation, and various acute and chronic illnesses.
The finding may help explain how acute
stress could lead to chronic depression, irritability, memory loss, and other
symptoms reported by veterans
of the Persian Gulf War.
Then, in June, Hope R. Ferdowsian
of George Washington University and her colleagues
reported in PLoS ONE that chimps that had previously suffered traumatic events, including experimentation, exhibit clusters
of symptoms similar to depression and post-traumatic
stress disorder in humans.
Writing in 2014 in the European Journal
of Neuroscience, Leuner and colleagues
reported that in rats with
symptoms of postpartum depression (induced by
stress during pregnancy, a major risk factor for postpartum depression in women), nerve cells in the nucleus accumbens atrophied and showed fewer protrusions called dendritic spines — suggesting weaker connections to surrounding nerve cells compared with healthy rats.
As expected, teens who
reported higher levels
of interpersonal dependent
stress showed higher levels
of negative cognitive style and rumination at later assessments, even after the researchers took initial levels
of the cognitive vulnerabilities, depressive
symptoms, and sex into account.
Although
symptoms of posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) related to the Great East Japan Earthquake seem to have improved over time, there is evidence
of persistent problems with depression,
reports the study by Dr. Shuntaro Ando
of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute
of Medical Science and colleagues.
In a study recently published online in the Journal
of Autism and Developmental Disorders, the researchers found that mothers
of teenagers with ASD or ID
reported higher levels
of stress and other negative psychological
symptoms — think depression or anxiety — than mothers
of teenagers with typical development, or TD.
In addition, the cyclists
reported changes in their moods as the study went on, including higher tension, anger, fatigue, confusion, depression and increased feelings and
symptoms of stress.
«Sufferers often
report the return
of their rotten
symptoms when they are under increased
stress at work or at home,» says author
of Doctor In The House, GP Dr Malcolm Clark.
«Sufferers often
report the return
of their rotten
symptoms when they are under increased
stress at work or at home,» he says.
Reviews to date
report a small to moderate effect
of mindfulness and mantra meditation techniques in reducing emotional
symptoms (eg, anxiety, depression, and
stress) and improving physical
symptoms (eg, pain).7 - 26 These reviews have largely included uncontrolled and controlled studies, and many
of the controlled studies did not adequately control for placebo effects (eg, waiting list — or usual care — controlled studies).
At the end
of the 12 - week yoga program, the 10 participants who attended yoga classes
reported significantly less acute
symptoms of depression, and lower levels
of perceived
stress than at study onset.
Autoimmune problems such as baldness and psoriasis are known to be exacerbated by
stress; daytime fatigue and emotional distress are the most commonly
reported symptoms of sleep deprivation.
In 2009, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) sponsored a literature review which acknowledges the
reported symptoms such as headaches, nausea, tinnitus, vertigo and state they ``... are not new and have been published previously in the context
of «annoyance...» and are the ``... well - known
stress effects
of exposure to noise...» [15]
The
report is also one
of the first
of its kind to study how climate change impacts mental health, noting that people «exposed to climate - or weather - related natural disasters experience
stress reactions and serious mental health consequences, including
symptoms of post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), depressions, and general anxiety.»
These megaturbines are
reported to be emitting more low - frequency noise (LFN) than smaller models, and this causes more people to be affected, and over greater distances, by the usual
symptoms of the wind turbine syndrome: insomnia, headaches, nausea,
stress, poor ability to concentrate, irritability, etc, leading to poorer health and a reduced immunity to illness.
A
report commissioned by the Canadian and American wind industry associations pointed out that the
symptoms of wind turbine syndrome are the same as those seen in the general population due to the
stresses of daily life.
The
report says that crime victims» post-traumatic
stress symptoms are reduced by RJ, and that the number
of offences dealt with away from the courts could be doubled.
Per the APA 2014
Stress Report, the most common symptoms of stress reported were feeling fatigued (32 percent), lack of interest or motivation (34 percent), nervousness or anxiousness (35 percent), feeling angry or irritable (37 percent), and being sad or depressed (31 per
Stress Report, the most common
symptoms of stress reported were feeling fatigued (32 percent), lack of interest or motivation (34 percent), nervousness or anxiousness (35 percent), feeling angry or irritable (37 percent), and being sad or depressed (31 per
stress reported were feeling fatigued (32 percent), lack
of interest or motivation (34 percent), nervousness or anxiousness (35 percent), feeling angry or irritable (37 percent), and being sad or depressed (31 percent).
Article: Mindfulness Programs In Schools Reduce
Symptoms Of Depression Among Adolescents: Study Article: School Mindfulness Programs May Reduce Stress — And Make Teens Happier, Study Finds Article: «Mindful Moments» Program Has High School Students Begin And End Each Day With Meditation (VIDEO) Article: Why Teaching Mindfulness Benefits Students» Learning Article: The education of character: Carefully Considering Craisins Article: Mindfulness Programs In Schools Reduce Symptoms Of Depression Among Adolescents: Study Video: Mindful Schools In - Class Instruction Video: iBme Mindfulness Programs Transform an Oakland Public High School Video: Mindfulness In Schools — BBC World News Video: About Modern Mindfulness for Schools Video: Mindfulness: Learning to Stop the Stress (NBC Washington News) Video: Mindup Program for Children Video: Building better brains Video: Children talking about the benefits of mindfulness Video: Mindful Schools, Compassionate Schools Video: ABC news report on mindfulness in local scho
Of Depression Among Adolescents: Study Article: School Mindfulness Programs May Reduce
Stress — And Make Teens Happier, Study Finds Article: «Mindful Moments» Program Has High School Students Begin And End Each Day With Meditation (VIDEO) Article: Why Teaching Mindfulness Benefits Students» Learning Article: The education
of character: Carefully Considering Craisins Article: Mindfulness Programs In Schools Reduce Symptoms Of Depression Among Adolescents: Study Video: Mindful Schools In - Class Instruction Video: iBme Mindfulness Programs Transform an Oakland Public High School Video: Mindfulness In Schools — BBC World News Video: About Modern Mindfulness for Schools Video: Mindfulness: Learning to Stop the Stress (NBC Washington News) Video: Mindup Program for Children Video: Building better brains Video: Children talking about the benefits of mindfulness Video: Mindful Schools, Compassionate Schools Video: ABC news report on mindfulness in local scho
of character: Carefully Considering Craisins Article: Mindfulness Programs In Schools Reduce
Symptoms Of Depression Among Adolescents: Study Video: Mindful Schools In - Class Instruction Video: iBme Mindfulness Programs Transform an Oakland Public High School Video: Mindfulness In Schools — BBC World News Video: About Modern Mindfulness for Schools Video: Mindfulness: Learning to Stop the Stress (NBC Washington News) Video: Mindup Program for Children Video: Building better brains Video: Children talking about the benefits of mindfulness Video: Mindful Schools, Compassionate Schools Video: ABC news report on mindfulness in local scho
Of Depression Among Adolescents: Study Video: Mindful Schools In - Class Instruction Video: iBme Mindfulness Programs Transform an Oakland Public High School Video: Mindfulness In Schools — BBC World News Video: About Modern Mindfulness for Schools Video: Mindfulness: Learning to Stop the
Stress (NBC Washington News) Video: Mindup Program for Children Video: Building better brains Video: Children talking about the benefits
of mindfulness Video: Mindful Schools, Compassionate Schools Video: ABC news report on mindfulness in local scho
of mindfulness Video: Mindful Schools, Compassionate Schools Video: ABC news
report on mindfulness in local school
A mindfulness program for 522 young people aged 12 — 16 in 12 secondary schools found that rates
of acceptability were high and the children who participated in the intervention
reported fewer depressive
symptoms and lower
stress and had greater well - being at 3 - month follow - up (Kuyken et al 2013).
Brief Communication: Physical Abuse
of Boys and Possible Associations With Poor Adult Outcomes Holmes & Sammel Annals
of Internal Medicine, 143, 2005
Reports on results that found childhood physical abuse was associated later in life with depression
symptoms, posttraumatic
stress disorder
symptoms, legal troubles, and incarceration.
Comorbid mental health
symptoms were common: 28 %
of youth
reported significant externalizing
symptoms or conduct problems (eg, disobedient, stealing, aggression), 60 22 % screened positive for posttraumatic
stress disorder, 61 25 % endorsed 1 or more indicators
of problematic substance use, 62 27 %
reported suicidal ideation, 60 and 13 %
reported suicide attempts or deliberate self - harm (defined as some suicidal ideation plus some suicide attempt or deliberate self - harm during the previous 6 months on the Youth Self
Report).60 About 22 %
reported specialty mental health care and psychotherapy / counseling in the past 6 months, and 16 %
reported medication treatment in the past 6 months.
Functional expectations
of caregivers are often huge with multiple responsibilities such as household chores, emotional support, providing transportation and
symptom management.4 As cancer survivorship grows, from 50 % in the 70s, to 54 % between 1983 and 1985, to 65 % in 2009, the illness may become a chronic disease, further
stressing caregivers with a cumulative and unrelenting burden
of care and responsibility.5 Psychological morbidity or psychiatric symptomatology among cancer caregivers is high.6, 7 Levels
of distress have also been shown to be higher than those
reported by patients themselves.8
AAI, Adult Attachment Interview; AFFEX, System for Identifying Affect Expression by Holistic Judgement; AIM, Affect Intensity Measure; AMBIANCE, Atypical Maternal Behaviour Instrument for Assessment and Classification; ASCT, Attachment Story Completion Task; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; BEST, Borderline Evaluation
of Severity over Time; BPD, borderline personality disorder; BPVS - II, British Picture Vocabulary Scale II; CASQ, Children's Attributional Style Questionnaire; CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; CDAS - R, Children's Dysfunctional Attitudes Scale - Revised; CDEQ, Children's Depressive Experiences Questionnaire; CDIB, Child Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; CGAS, Child Global Assessment Schedule; CRSQ, Children's Response Style Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; CTQ, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire; DASS, Depression, Anxiety,
Stress Scales; DERS, Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale; DIB - R, Revised Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines; DSM, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual
of Mental Disorders; EA, Emotional Availability Scales; ECRS, Experiences in Close Relationships Scale; EMBU, Swedish acronym for Own Memories Concerning Upbringing; EPDS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale; FES, Family Environment Scale; FSS, Family Satisfaction Scale; FTRI, Family Trauma and Resilience Interview; IBQ - R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire, Revised; IPPA, Inventory
of Parent and Peer Attachment; K - SADS, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School - Age Children; KSADS - E, Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia - Episodic Version; MMD, major depressive disorder; PACOTIS, Parental Cognitions and Conduct Toward the Infant Scale; PPQ, Perceived Parenting Quality Questionnaire; PD, personality disorder; PPVT - III, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Third Edition; PSI - SF, Parenting
Stress Index Short Form; RSSC, Reassurance - Seeking Scale for Children; SCID - II, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM - IV; SCL -90-R,
Symptom Checklist 90 Revised; SCQ, Social Communication Questionnaire; SEQ, Children's Self - Esteem Questionnaire; SIDP - IV, Structured Interview for DSM - IV Personality; SPPA, Self - Perception Profile for Adolescents; SSAGA, Semi-Structured Assessment for the Genetics
of Alcoholism; TCI, Temperament and Character Inventory; YCS, Youth Chronic
Stress Interview; YSR, Youth Self -
Report.
Although both groups showed significant improvement over time in all areas
of the Depression Anxiety and
Stress Symptoms (DASS) scale after their interaction with the PMHT, the «get letter» group reported significantly less stress than the «no letter»
Stress Symptoms (DASS) scale after their interaction with the PMHT, the «get letter» group
reported significantly less
stress than the «no letter»
stress than the «no letter» group.
Compared to non-LD peers, youth with LD frequently
report feelings
of loneliness,
stress, depression and suicide, among other psychiatric
symptoms.15, 16 For example, in the National Longitudinal Study
of Adolescent Health, the LD sample was twice as likely to
report a suicide attempt in the past year.16 Longitudinal research on risk - taking indicates that, compared to non-LD peers, adolescents with LD engage more frequently in various risk behaviours.17 Therefore, the presence
of LD in childhood appears to confer a general risk for adverse outcomes throughout adolescence and into adulthood.
Recognizing the opportunity to use the MIECHV program to help improve new mothers» mental health, many states are building on promising approaches to address postpartum depression directly through home visiting programs in effective, innovative ways.27 In 2014, 68 percent
of state MIECHV - funded programs increased screenings for maternal depressive
symptoms and improved referral rates among pregnant women or women enrolled in home visiting programs.28 Additionally, 70 percent
of state programs
reported improvements to parents» emotional well - being by successfully lowering
reported parental
stress and reducing rates
of depressive
symptoms among participating families.29 For example, Moving Beyond Depression is a program that uses in - home cognitive behavioral therapy to ameliorate, not just screen for, maternal depression.
While Rosa did not talk specifically in the Save the Children video about postpartum depression, research shows that stressful life events, including premature birth, are risk factors for maternal depression.24 Evaluation studies confirm that women who participated in home visiting programs were less likely to demonstrate
symptoms of depression and
reported improved mental outlook when compared with control groups
of women who did not participate in home visiting.25 For example, parents participating in the Child First model — one
of the 20 evidence - based models eligible to receive funds from the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting program — experienced lower levels
of stress and depression at the end
of the program compared with parents who did not participate.26
Randomised controlled trials (RCTs)
of psychological treatments in adults with post-traumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) that met the following criteria: PTSD was the main target
of treatment; participants had PTSD
symptoms for at least three months; at least 70 % had diagnosis
of PTSD; PTSD measured using recognised scale;
report at least pre - and post-treatment measures; and at least 50 % follow - up.
A series
of randomized control trials
of a nurse home visitation program show a range
of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study
of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower depressive
symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to
report feeling
stressed a year after participation.
Make Parenting A Pleasure was found to significantly reduce
symptoms of depression and increase
reported parenting skills compared with the wait - list control group, demonstrating that MPAP is effective in improving outcomes for
stressed families.
A systematic review and narrative synthesis were conducted for quantitative and qualitative studies that
report the effects
of MBIs for teachers
of children aged 5 — 18 years on
symptoms of stress and emotion regulation and self - efficacy.
Upon receipt
of the intervention, the delayed intervention group demonstrated significant improvements in parent - and child -
reported posttraumatic
stress, depression, and anxiety
symptoms.
Participants were 628 adolescents (326 girls; 302 boys) who
reported on their depressive
symptoms, experiences
of stress, and co-rumination with a best friend.
Children initially
reported high levels
of traumatic experiences and
symptoms of posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD).
Measures utilized include the Childhood Maltreatment Interview Schedule, the Sexual Assault and Additional Interpersonal Violence Schedule, the Clinician - Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS), the Structured Clinical Interview for the DSM — IV (SCID - I and SCID - II), the Modified Posttraumatic
Stress Disorder
Symptom Scale (MPSS - SR), the General Expectancy for Negative Mood Regulation Scale (NMR), the Anger Expression subscale (Ax / Ex) from the State — Trait Anger Expression Inventory, the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), the State subscale
of the State — Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI — S), the Inventory
of Interpersonal Problems (IIP), the Social Adjustment Scale — Self
Report (SAS - SR), and the Working Alliance Inventory (WAI).
Predictors
of Posttraumatic Growth and Posttraumatic
Stress Symptom Severity in Undergraduates
Reporting Potentially Traumatic Events.
The participants were receiving e-therapy for a variety
of problems, including mental health diagnosis (eg, posttraumatic
stress disorder, k = 4; depression, k = 1; and panic disorder and agoraphobia, k = 1), psychological distress related to medical problems (eg, headaches, k = 1), work - related distress (k = 1), general distress (k = 1), and other self -
reported presenting problems (eg,
symptoms of depression,
symptoms of anxiety,
stress, relationship issues, or childhood abuse; k = 2).
Consistent with the literature on youth depression (Marcotte, Fortin, Potvin, & Papillon, 2002),
reports of stress and depressive
symptoms were more common among girls than boys, and alcohol and marijuana use was more common among those who
reported depressive
symptoms, relative to those who did not
report depressive
symptoms.
Women who are terrorized by their intimate partners often live in a state
of chronic fear and anxiety; they also frequently
report lowered self - esteem, depression, and
symptoms of post-traumatic
stress (e.g., Basile, Arias, Desai, & Thompson, 2004; Dobash & Dobash, 1979; Gelles & Harrop, 1989; Golding, 1999; Johnson & Leone, 2005; Tyson, Herting, & Randell, 2007; for a review, see Wong & Mellor, 2014).
When women experience acute and chronic life stressors during pregnancy, maternal mental health issues can arise.33 Yet differences in maternal mental health are also not enough to explain the gap in birth outcomes, as African American women have not consistently
reported higher levels
of stress during pregnancy.34 However, women
of color are not typically aware
of mental health
symptoms experienced during pregnancy and in the postpartum period.35 This is due to a lack
of knowledge regarding the signs and
symptoms associated with mental health challenges.
Controlling for initial levels
of depression and peer rejection, the interaction between
stress (increases in peer rejection) and a depressogenic attributional style contributed significantly to the prediction
of self -
reported depressive
symptoms 1 year later.
The absence
of significant associations between fathers»
reports of their own involvement in care with mothers»
reports of their own psychiatric
symptoms and parenting
stress may be due to the fact that we have attempted to demonstrate relations between conceptually distinct constructs, each
of which was
reported by a different respondent.
We also hypothesized that greater
symptoms of depression and anxiety and
reported stress would predict lower maternal sensitivity and increased risk
of childhood AD.
Recent studies have found that adolescents
reported impaired emotional and behavioral functioning [4] and that 35 %
of adolescent daughters and 21 %
of adolescent sons
reported post-traumatic
stress symptoms (PTSS) levels requiring professional care [5].