New research suggests that adolescents with high levels of social anxiety rely heavily on unhelpful mental habits to manage their daily stress. These young people do not necessarily lack positive ...

Adolescence is a remarkable period of development and learning, a time when youths explore and adapt to changes in their social worlds and begin to form a sense of who they are and hope to be. It is a ...

Disasters can produce huge psychological impacts, potentially affecting people for life. A recently published scientific study summarises what we know about outcomes from disaster-coping strategies ...

It's well established that experiencing stress can hurt our physical health. Now two new studies find that younger adults who take preemptive steps to respond to stress are better able to avoid those ...

Adolescent boys with chronic urticaria show better stress management and disease control than girls, linked to higher resilience and optimism. Eosinophil counts correlate with poorer disease control, ...

This article was reviewed by Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD. Like getting your teeth cleaned at the dentist or forgetting your umbrella on the one day it downpours, occasional anxiety is a typical part of ...

Handling it, getting by, making do…whatever you call it, coping is a big part of life. It’s so common we don’t even think about it. We just do it. You’re using coping skills in one way or another ...