stress-related disorders

Stress-related disorders affect brain’s processing of memory

harminka — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:40:27 -0600

Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have determined that the circuitry in the area of the brain responsible for suppressing memory is dysfunctional in patients suffering from stress-related psychiatric disorders. Results of the study will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Relaxation response can influence expression of stress-related genes

harminka — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:24:14 -0500

How could a single, nonpharmacological intervention help patients deal with disorders ranging from high blood pressure, to pain syndromes, to infertility, to rheumatoid arthritis?

Exposure to trauma can affect brain function several years after event

harminka — Mon, 07 May 2007 01:26:07 -0500

Exposure to trauma may create enough changes in the brain to sensitize people to overreact to an innocuous facial gesture years later, even in people who don't have a stress-related disorder, says new research. It appears that proximity to high-intensity traumas can have long lasting effects on the brain and behavior of healthy people without causing a current clinical disorder.