Mental health and stress
9 articles carry this tag. Tags group articles across topics; each article still sits under one topic in the contents.
- Insomnia · Insomnia is persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep with daytime impairment; this covers its causes, prevalence, treatment and links to health.
- Sleep quality · Sleep quality describes how well a person sleeps, including how quickly they fall asleep, how often they wake and how rested they feel.
- Mental health conditions and lifespan · Mental disorders are linked to about twice the usual death rate, mostly from physical disease, with the largest losses in substance use and schizophrenia.
- Stress and anxiety · Long-term stress and distress are associated with higher death rates and heart disease, and positive well-being and purpose with lower death rates.
- Social connection · Strong relationships are linked to 50% higher odds of survival, and isolation and loneliness to higher risk of heart disease, stroke and dementia.
- Adverse childhood experiences · Adverse childhood experiences are abuse, neglect and serious household problems before 18; more of them is linked to more adult disease and earlier death.
- Green space · Green space is land covered by vegetation, such as parks, woods and gardens; living near more of it is linked to modestly lower death rates.
- L-theanine · L-theanine is an amino acid (a building block of protein) found in tea leaves; as a supplement it is studied for stress, relaxation and self-reported sleep quality.
- Ashwagandha · Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) is a plant used in Ayurvedic (traditional Indian) medicine; extracts of it are studied for stress, anxiety and sleep quality.