In life, we all experience stress— both the positive and negative kind. No matter how you define it, stress can come in several different forms. Things like loss can impact stress, making it worse.

First responders, healthcare workers, military service members, and athletes consistently experience higher rates of burnout, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some people refer to cortisol as the stress hormone. The body produces cortisol to prepare the body to respond to a perceived danger or stressful situation. When facing sudden stress, the body enters ...

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 ...

Just a few months ago we were hanging up Christmas stockings, placing wreaths on our doors and hanging our ornaments on the boughs of our trees. Excitement was in the air as we were preparing for ...