Raising Mentally Healthy Kids

December 22, 2010 by  
Filed under Health Blog, Stress

One in Seven Children Experience Mental Health Issues. Here’s How You Can Support Your Kids A significant number of Australian children experience mental health difficulties. According to the Australian Psychological Society, one in seven Australian children experience some type of mental health issue, with ADHD, anxiety and depression being the most common types. That places [...]

The Physical Affects Of Stress

August 24, 2010 by  
Filed under Health Blog, Stress

Stress is one of those commonly used terms that can mean many different things. From a physiological point of view, the body’s mechanism for responding to stress involves three components that are all part of the endocrine (hormone) system. In the brain, the hypothalamus gland releases chemicals that affect the pituitary gland. The pituitary in [...]