Can stress leads to the increased risk of dementia?
Constant stress can not only lead to depression, but also increase the risk of dementia. This was indicated by a recent study. The stressful experiences such as the death of a partner can trigger depressive phases in the workplace. Now a study has shown that people who are experiencing a lot of stress and grief in the midst of life, also have an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer’s. For the study, which covers a period of 38 years, the researchers have analyzed the data of 800 women between 30 and in the end mid-50s at the age. The women were first interviewed about psychologically stressful events in their lives in 1968. By the year 2006 153 of them has developed of dementia, 104 of them have an Alzheimer’s disease. The more stress factors mean the higher risk of...
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Reasons for early retirement
More and more people have to make early retirement due to mental illness. In many cases this could be the prevented by appropriate preventive and rehabilitation measures. Mental illnesses are at the top of the reasons for health-related early retirement for many years; first by a wide margin followed the physical illnesses like musculoskeletal disorders. The requested of early retirement because of mental illness markedly has increased in recent years. Every other early retirement is now happen due to mental illness. On average, affected persons are just 49 years old. Mentally-related early retirement are often preventable. This mentally-related early retirement can often be avoided. In opinion of specialists, there is a lack of medical institutions among others for mentally ill persons. On average, victims in US waiting for three months for an appointment to a psychotherapist. Thus many of...
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Does religion protects against depression?
Religion and spirituality may be able to protect people from the onset of depression, as now shown a study from the United States. However, this does not apply to all concerned persons. A research team headed by Dr. Lisa Miller of Columbia University in New York has found that people who have a especially high risk for the development of depression due to family history, are protected by their faith in some extent before the onset of the disease. In a study, group of scientists have found that for patients with high-risk of depression religion is particularly important risk of developing depression reduced on 90 percent than in people without the penchant for Religion and Spirituality. Now the researchers want to find out how Religion and Spirituality are reflected in the brain structure. Just three years earlier Miller and...
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Can the diet affect on the course of mental illnesses?
An increasing number of studies provide evidence that the diet may play a role in the pathogenesis of mental disorders and their treatment. However, the evidence is so far thin. Largely mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety disorders or schizophrenia can now be treated with medication and psychotherapy. However, as more and more studies show the diet plays a major role. In addition, the growing knowledge about the brain metabolism can prove that dietary habits or deficiency of certain nutrients can influence on the development and course of mental disorders. Thus, epidemiological studies have shown that there is a correlation between a low intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids and the development of schizophrenia and depression. In studies have shown that the selective intake of omega-3 fatty acids has a positive effect on these diseases. Researchers assume that the intake...
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Meditation helps with mental illness
Meditations are remedies for various ailments of the mind and the body for many years and are firmly anchored in the complementary medicine. Now researchers have demonstrated that meditations actually have a positive effect in certain mental illnesses. Meditations proven help to relax and can contribute to a better way of life. But they can also relieve serious mental disorders such as anxiety and depression. This question, scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore investigated in a meta-analysis. The result: Regular meditation can actually reduce anxiety and depression, and even relieve pain. According to the authors of study, the effects of meditation it’s reduce of anxiety and mild depressive symptoms can be quite measured with the effect of antidepressants. For an effect on other psychological problems such as sleep disorders, addiction or pathological obesity researchers...
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Can mindfulness meditation prevent migraine?
Stress is a trigger for migraine. Now researchers have investigated whether the mindfulness meditation reduce the number of monthly migraine attacks and stress. Approximately ten percent of all Americans repeatedly suffer from migraines – a few of them suffer even up to fifteen attacks per month. Although the exact causes and mechanisms of migraine are still unclear, but as one of the risk factors for frequent attacks of pain could be the stress. Therefore, it is obvious that relaxation exercises and stress management can be effective against migraine. However, compared to medications, these measures have so far been little explored and not supported by medical studies. Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in the US state of North Carolina now investigate how the Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) effects on the frequency of migraine attacks. The results is: Mindfulness...
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