Aug. 23, 2005 (Washington) -- The benefits of emotionally expressive writing assignments depend on the context of the assignment, according to researcher Louise Sundararajan, PhD, EdD, who presented ...

Results from a pilot feasibility study of a novel community health worker–led intervention delivering stepped palliative care and care navigation for patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.

Previous research suggests that writing about stressful experiences results in better health and psychological well-being. In the present study, a multi-ethnic sample of 79 HIV-positive women and men ...

The benefits of positive expressive writing for psychological health and well-being depend on the particular approach and on individual differences, according to a systematic review published in the ...

In an interview with CURE®, Dr. Lawrence An discusses how expressive writing can be a tool to reduce stress in patients with cancer. When dealing with a cancer diagnosis, an individual may find ...

I have found that for some patients, speaking about their emotions is quite difficult, but writing about them is easier, and so I have introduced a form of writing into their treatment, expressive ...

Chronic worriers, take note: Simply writing about your feelings may help you perform an upcoming stressful task more efficiently, finds a new study that measured participants' brain activity. Chronic ...

On each episode of our podcast, a guest tries a Greater Good in Action practice to boost their well-being. Listen to these episodes featuring Expressive Writing — and subscribe to The Science of ...

The unfolding Coronavirus epidemic is generating tremendous individual and societal anxiety, as reported in almost every newspaper in the world. Why wouldn't it? Paradoxically, this survival reaction ...

Even as we inoculate our bodies and seemingly move out of the pandemic, psychologically we are still moving through it. We owe it to ourselves — and our coworkers — to make space for processing this ...