Work stress may increase cardiovascular risk either indirectly, by inducing unhealthy life styles, or directly, by affecting the autonomic nervous system and arterial pressure. We hypothesized that, before any apparent sign of disease, work-related stress is already accompanied by alterations of RR variability profile and that a simple onsite stress management program based on cognitive restruc...

This article describes the development of an operant conditioning training program for 17 species of New World primates at the Bronx Zoo. To apply less invasive techniques to husbandry protocols, the study introduced behaviors-hand feeding, syringe feeding, targeting, scale and crate training, and transponder reading-for formal training to 86 callitrichids and small-bodied cebids housed in 26 s...

We developed a novel compassion-focused training (mindfulness-based compassionate living; MBCL) and examined its effects in a heterogeneous psychiatric outpatient population with regard to feasibility and changes in levels of depression, anxiety, mindfulness and compassion. The training consisted of nine weekly 2.5-h sessions. Thirty-three patients, who had followed a mindfulness-based stress r...

abstract background: nurses face a great amount of stress that can threaten their health and reduce their motivation. nurses’ present working conditions lead to an increase in emotional pressures and depression. conducting a study on this seems to be necessary, with regard to nurses’ stressful working conditions, in order to take steps toward achieving different and non-meditational treatments ...

The relationship between poverty and nutrition is a two-sided one: on the one hand, economic growth (which is generally associated with an eradication of poverty) leads to reduced malnutrition. On the other hand, nutrition is one of the key ingredients for human capital formation, which in turn represents one of the fundamental factors of growth. There are numerous studies that show the correla...

objective: the aim of the current study was to examine the effectiveness of barkley's parent training program, working memory training and the combination of these two interventions for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd). methods: in this study, 36 participants with adhd (aged 6 to 12 years) were selected by convenience sampling. revision of the swanson, nolan and pel...

The Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL (BUD/S) training program is a six-month rigorous program that prepares trainees for specialized instruction before being assigned to a SEAL team. Two major but separate issues affect this program: stress fractures and attrition. Stress fracture rates are around 5-9% and may lead to attrition or training delays. Ultimately, only about 25% of trainees complete...

Elevated reticuloendothelial function and plasma fibronectin (PF) level correlate with reduced rat heat shock mortality. Procedures that enhance human PF level may offer some advantage in dealing with the adverse effects of environmental stress. Both short- (STE) and long- (LTE) term exercise programs were evaluated for their ability to increase male human PF. STE (1 week; N = 14) consisted of ...

abstraCt Research suggests that police work is among the most stressful occupations in the world and officers typically suffer a variety of physiological , psychological, and behavioral effects and symptoms. Officers operating under severe or chronic stress are likely to be at greater risk of error, accidents, and overreactions that can compromise their performance, jeopardize public safety, an...