Stress is when you feel overwhelmed or unable to cope with physical or emotional pressure. Symptoms of stress include anxiety, insomnia, headaches, isolation, and low self-esteem. To relieve stress ...

Editor’s note: Health Affairs’ ongoing series of Health Policy Briefs, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, focuses on the social determinants of health. Last week, we released the first ...

Stress can reshape a leader’s brain and influence their performance under pressure. Here’s why some leaders thrive while ...

People sometimes ask me the difference between stress and anxiety. The terms tend to be used somewhat interchangeably, and it isn’t always easy to know the difference—in fact, you may wonder if there ...

In today's busy world, everyone struggles to keep up with growing technologies, changing social patterns, and the need to cope with personal issues. A workshop titled Stress Management—Avoiding the ...

Stress has been linked with poor health outcomes, though the exact mechanism remains poorly defined. Psychological stress is recognized as a contributing factor in atrial fibrillation (AFib), both in ...

The mid-20th century, with its jet-speed travel, its population explosion and its threat of nuclear annihilation, has been widely touted as “the age of stress.” Last weekend a dozen of the world’s top ...

The man who has come to see me clearly does not think I can help him. He might be right. Mr G, now in his late 50s, is humoring his neurologist, who has referred him to me, a psychiatrist. Mr G has ...