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How volunteering impacts mental health

May 14, 2024 Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,  Mental Health,  Stress,  Volunteering

Dr. Asim Shah notes that volunteer work makes a big difference in people’s lives, while also positively affecting your own mental health.

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Navigating the big emotions that come with adolescence

April 9, 2024 adolescent medicine,  conflict,  Stress,  Teens,  tweens

Adolescent medicine specialist Caroline Gonynor has advice for caregivers raising teenagers with big emotions.

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Skip the stress this holiday season

November 17, 2022 family,  Holiday Season,  Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,  Stress,  Travel

Dr. Yasmine Omar shares ways to help defuse stressful travel and family situations that often come with the holidays.

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Preparing your kids for a new school

July 28, 2022 back to school,  Stress

Dr. Amy Goetz shares some ways for parents to help ease the transition for children starting a new school.

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From The Labs

Exploring the stress-mood-appetite connection

October 3, 2019 appetite,  dopamine,  hypothalamus,  Mood,  POMC neurons,  Research,  Stress

Does stress affect your appetite or your mood? Many people have experienced stressful situations that trigger a particular mood and also change certain feelings toward

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Tips to help children deal with trauma following Hurricane Harvey

September 1, 2017 Department of Pediatrics,  Dr. Asim Shah,  Dr. Julie B. Kaplow,  Hurricane Harvey,  Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,  Stress

When a traumatic event like Hurricane Harvey impacts your family, the immediate need is to make sure everyone is safe and healthy. But it is

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From The Labs

One more reason to focus on prenatal care – stronger muscles for newborn babies

February 3, 2017 cortisol,  fetal muscle growth,  glucocorticoids,  low-birth rate,  muscle development,  Nutrition,  poor growth,  premature birth,  Prenatal,  prenatal care,  Stress

Born too soon, she weighed just over 1 pound at birth and spent the first three months of her life in the neonatal intensive care

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Seven tips to help reduce the effects of stress

September 28, 2016 Dr. Asim Shah,  Healthcare,  Houston,  Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,  Mental Health,  Psychiatry,  Stress

From every day decisions to major life changes, there are a number of factors that can lead to stress. Dr. Asim Shah, professor in the

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Getting along, handling family stress during the holidays

November 25, 2015 Dr. Asim Shah,  Healthcare,  Holidays,  Houston,  Psychiatry,  Stress

Pair obligations, traditions and responsibilities with tension of family dynamics and you can create a holiday season overshadowed by stress and anxiety before it even

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Breaking bad moods with these tips

June 8, 2015 Andy Phifer,  Anxiety,  Depression,  Dr. Sanjay Mathew,  Healthcare,  Houston,  Menninger Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,  Mental Health,  Mood,  Psychiatry,  Stress

We’re all human, and we all feel a little blue sometimes. And for many people, it isn’t easy to get out of a bad mood.

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