Nervous breakthrough

Re-framing “nervous system overload” as chronic stress can help to identify some more affordable, evidence-based ways to cope such as rest, meditation and exercise.

How does stress affect decision making?

New research reveals how the combination of stress and time pressure can wreak havoc on our ability to make good choices.

Stress for success

Harnessing stress effectively can help boost an individual’s productivity or motivation levels according to a new Griffith University study.

Stress takes its toll in the emergency services

A national study has found one in three police and emergency services employees experience high or very high psychological distress compared to one in eight Australian adults.

How to beat holiday stress

Seventy per cent of us experience a spike in stress over the festive season, but some understanding of why we get anxious and its effect on our bodies can help us relax this Christmas.