While stress is an unfortunate fact of modern life, scientists are still learning how it affects us. Chronic stress, in ...

Stress can make you ill in the long term. This is true for humans but also for animals. The link between stress and cancer has long been the subject of discussion and research. But what is the truth ...

Professor Amanda Friesen offers tips on mitigating the psychological impacts of political information overload, which can cause political stress.

The “Manage Stress Workbook” in this course guides you through steps to identify and track your stress and practice a variety of strategies that have been shown to counteract stress. The course does ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that develops in response to experiencing or witnessing a distressing event involving the threat of death or extreme bodily harm.

Stress in America is escalating. From college campuses to homes and the workplace, anxiety and anger seem to be spreading. The American Psychological Association reported in 2024, "More than 7 in ...

Stress and anxiety rank among the most common workplace challenges. Nearly half — 49 percent — of North American workers reported feeling stress every day because of their work, according to Gallup’s ...

Researchers at Stanford University conducted a study into the nature of stress and resilience with some surprising scientific results. Focusing on a group of stressed-out college students ...

The goal: to de-stress. The Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu scripture from 1st or 2nd century BC, talks about “pranayama”—a yoga practice of controlling the breath—and yoga texts from a few ...