Stress Management Tips

Stress is most general disease of present lifestyle. People require to deal with pressure/stress at both workplace and home. Stress is the method our body and mind react to life changes. Stress is not forever bad but sometimes it is good also. A few amount of stress is necessary to excel in life. This is called fine stress or EUSTRESS. When stress is too a large amount then it reduces our performance. This stress is called terrible stress or DISTRESS.

Signs and Symptoms of Stress:

• Anxiety, feelings of indefinite fear

• Crying, getting angry

• Memory disorders, Concerns & Hypertension

• Sleep difficulties, Performance dip

• Emotional outbursts, Alcohol or Drug abuse

• Dizziness, Unsteadiness

• Making heartbeat and breath faster

If stress is repeating and persisting for a long time then it can cause numerous problems (chronic) to physical, mental and emotional health. Here are a few tips that will help you to manage stress successfully and keep you healthy from the harmful property of stress.

Relaxation and Meditation: Relax yourself during meditation. It rests your mind by diverting it from view about the problems that have caused stress. Meditation helps to calm down & wait grounded.

Cosmetic Surgery Not a Help for Body Dysmorphic Disorder

One in five people with a condition known as body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) undergo cosmetic procedures, but only 2 percent of them experience a reduction in the severity of their condition after their treatment, researchers say. "BDD is a psychiatric disorder characterized by preoccupation with an imagined or slight defect in appearance, which causes clinically significant distress or functional impairment. A majority of these individuals believe they have an actual deformity that can be corrected by `cosmetic treatments to fix these perceived defects rather than seeking psychiatric interventions," study co-author Dr. Katharine A. Phillips, director of the body image program at Rhode Island Hospital, said in a hospital news release.

Phillips and her colleagues looked at 200 people with BDD and found that 31 percent sought and 21 percent underwent surgical or minimally invasive cosmetic treatment. Among those who actually had a cosmetic procedure, most continued to have BDD symptoms afterwards, and in some cases they developed new preoccupations with their appearance, the researchers noted. The investigators also surveyed 265 cosmetic surgeonsand found that 178 (65 percent) reported treating patients with BDD. But among those cases, only 1 percent of the treatments resulted in symptom improvement for patients with BDD, the study authors reported.

"These findings, coupled with reports of lawsuits and occasionally violence perpetrated by persons with BDD towards physicians, have led some to believe that BDD is a contraindication for cosmetic treatment," Phillips said. The most common surgical procedures sought by BDD patients are rhinoplasty (nose jobs) and breast enlargements, while the most common minimally invasive treatments are collagen injections and skin treatments known as microdermabrasion, the study authors noted. The researchers also found that three-quarters of procedures requested by BDD patients involved facial features and that more than one-third of patients received multiple procedures.

College Campuses See Rise in Cases of Severe Mental Illness

More cases of severe mental illness are being reported among college students than a decade ago, as more young people with mental health issues tackle a post secondary education and are open to getting help when they need it, a new U.S. study shows. The use of prescription medications by students to treat psychiatric illness has also risen significantly over the past decade, the research team noted. "If we look at the average college student and their level of psychological and emotional functioning and distress, on the whole they are not necessarily worse off than they were 10 years ago," explained study author John C. Guthman, director of student counseling at Hofstra University's division of student affairs.

"However, there are some students who are outliers and they have some difficulty in some areas. And these relatively few students that present in significant distress seem to have increased to a greater percentage than they were a decade ago." Guthman and his colleagues are to report their findings Thursday at the American Psychological Association annual meeting, in San Diego. The authors noted that their observations appear to be in line with what mental health professionals have observed and reported anecdotally in recent years.

To get a handle on the current state of affairs, Guthman and his team analyzed diagnostic records concerning nearly 3,300 undergraduate and graduate students who had sought college counseling at some point in the 10 years between 1997 and 2009. After examining intake information concerning mental disorders, suicidal tendencies and behavioral reports, the team determined that over the years most students had been diagnosed with mood and anxiety disorders and that, on average, the nature of these cases had remained relatively mild over time.