Stress
Summer’s Most Stressful Three Words: ‘Back to School’
For students of all ages, and even their parents, hearing the three little words ‘back to school’ can provoke mixed emotions of excitement and dread, or even stress and anxiety.
Coping Through Holiday Season Anxiety
With the holiday season upon us, UConn Health’s Dr. Michael Kisicki, assistant professor of psychiatry, shares his best advice to help you and your family get through any potential stressful and anxiety-provoking holiday activities, including family get-togethers and post-election debates.
Did Race and Affluence Factor into Mental Care of Sandy Hook Shooter?
A new report asks whether the race and affluence of Adam Lanza’s family influenced decisions about how to care for his mental health problems in the years before he committed the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre.
Stuck in Survival Mode: Insights into Turning Down Your Stress Level
When stress takes a hold of our daily lives, most of us know how we should handle it: Eat healthfully. Exercise. Pace ourselves. Tend to our relationships. But most of the time, we feel too stressed to maintain the discipline necessary to take these seemingly simple steps. We’ve come to believe that we are just too stressed to use our stress-management skills.
Managing Stress
Stress is a fact of life for most people, but understanding the alarm system in your brain can provide a new way of managing stressful situations. During an interview on NBC Connecticut, Julian Ford, clinical psychologist at the UConn Health Center and author of Hijacked By Your Brain, offers tips on how to better handle the stress in your life.
Connecticut Residents Happy But Stressed, Says New UConn/Courant Poll
Despite the state’s sputtering economy, harsh winters and reputation for Yankee reserve, people in Connecticut are generally a happy bunch.
But a new University of Connecticut/Hartford Courant poll that peered into the mindset of state residents also found high levels of stress.