According to new research, self-compassion may help people use more effective coping strategies and in turn feel better.

Our brain struggles to distinguish between immediate physical threats and more abstract ones, like election uncertainty, ...

Whether you’re at work or cooking dinner, the world doesn’t always allow you to stop when you’re having an anxiety episode. While longer coping mechanisms like baths and meditation classes ...

Understanding what anxiety is and how it affects us is important in coming up with an effective way to cope when it starts taking over your life. Here's everything you need to know about anxiety ...

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Responding effectively to stressors often requires engaging in active coping skills, utilizing social support, and practicing self-care. In the context of election stress, it’s important to ...

While researching anticipatory election stress, psychology professor Shevaun Neupert found that problem analysis was a particularly effective coping mechanism. Problem analysis involves thinking ...

According to an annual poll from the American Psychiatric Association, 73% of adults surveyed said they’re feeling anxiety ...

Life throws many curveballs, and the best coping strategies can go a long way toward getting through tough times. Some turn to herbs for stress and anxiety, looking to tap into a natural remedy.

Here’s how experts say you can counter unhealthy levels of anxiety. If you’re feeling increasingly anxious as the Nov. 5 presidential election approaches, you’re not alone: Election stress ...

Investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered a defense mechanism that protects skin cancer cells from oxidative ...