June 18, 2020

For Stressed-Out Black Americans, Mental Health Care Often Hard to Come By

WEDNESDAY, June 10, 2020 -- If there is one thing that recent police brutality protests have demonstrated, it is that life for black people in America is steeped in stress.

And while it might seem logical to assume that all that stress would translate into higher rates of mental health conditions like depression and anxiety, that doesn't seem to be the case -- at least not when actual diagnoses are tallied.

June 15, 2020

In a Pandemic-Stressed America, Protests Add to Mental Strain

TUESDAY, June 2, 2020 -- Just as Americans are emerging from COVID-19 quarantines, hoping to resume normal life but still fearful of infection, protests against police violence are raging in cities across the country.

And millions remain unemployed, as a shaky economy attempts to restart.

May 28, 2020

Lockdown Got You Down? Experts Offer Tips to De-Stress

TUESDAY, May 26, 2020 -- Though the physical health risks posed by COVID-19 are at the top of everyone's mind, experts warn the pandemic is also exacting a massive toll on mental health.

So finds new research emerging on the mental health effects in China, where infection peaks and lockdowns have preceded the American experience by several months.

May 21, 2020

Lockdown Got You Feeling Low? Yoga May Help

THURSDAY, May 21, 2020 -- Many people under stay-at-home orders have turned to online yoga as a way to manage the stress. And a new research review suggests they're onto something.

The review, of 19 clinical trials, focused on the benefits of yoga for people with clinical mental health conditions ranging from anxiety disorders to alcohol dependence to schizophrenia. Overall, it found yoga classes helped ease those patients' depression symptoms.

May 11, 2020

Middle Age More Stressful Now Than in 1990s: Study

THURSDAY, May 7, 2020 -- Before the COVID-19 pandemic upended people's lives, Americans were already feeling more stressed than they did a generation ago. Now, new research finds that no group is feeling the impact of additional stress more than middle-aged people.

The study found that most age groups reported an increase of 2% more daily stress in 2012 than they did in 1995. But middle-aged folks -- 45- to 64-year-olds -- had about 19% more daily stress than did their counterparts from the 1990s.

April 29, 2020

AHA News: Is Reducing Stress the Key to Lowering Heart Disease Among African Americans?

FRIDAY, April 10, 2020 (American Heart Association News) -- Researchers have long understood that African Americans experience a disproportionate level of high blood pressure and heart disease. As they've sought to understand why, evidence has emerged demonstrating the powerful role persistent, excessive levels of stress can play in cardiovascular health.

But getting rid of that stress won't be easy, they warn.