Issue No. 5: Stressed Out!

Womanly Health Team Members and Writers consulted publications and resources generated by the following organizations in assembling the information for this issue.

Alen, W. & Hostinar, C. (2019). Stress Effects on the Body: Endocrine. Retrieved from https://www.apa.org website: https://www.apa.org/helpcenter/stress/effects-endocrine

Cassino, D. & Besen-Cassino, Y. (2019). Race, threat and workplace sexual harassment: The dynamics of harassment in the United States, 1997-2016. Gender, Work & Organization, 26(9). 

Chen, E. H., Shofer, F. S., Dean, A. J., Hollander, J. E., Baxt, W. G., Robey, J. L., … Mills, A. M. (2008). Gender Disparity in Analgesic Treatment of Emergency Department Patients with Acute Abdominal Pain. Academic Emergency Medicine, 15(5), 414–418. 

Chronic stress puts your health at risk. Retrieved from https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/stress-management/in-depth/stress/art-20046037

Dahlhamer, J. (2018). Prevalence of Chronic Pain and High-Impact Chronic Pain Among Adults — United States, 2016. MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 67. 

Dimsdale, J. E. (2008). Psychological Stress and Cardiovascular Disease. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 51(13), 1237–1246. 

The Endocrine System and Glands of the Human Body: Function and Disorders. Retrieved from https://www.webmd.com/diabetes/endocrine-system-facts#1

Gaertner, J., Siemens, W., Meerpohl, J. J., Antes, G., Meffert, C., Xander, C., … Becker, G. (2017). Effect of specialist palliative care services on quality of life in adults with advanced incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 357, j2925. 

Gee, B. & Peck, D. (2019). The Illusion of Asian Success: Scant Progress for Minorities in Cracking the Glass Ceiling from 2007-2015. Ascend. 

General Information/Press Room. Retrieved November 3, 2019, from American Thyroid Association website: https://www.thyroid.org/media-main/press-room/

How Your Body Reacts to Stress. Retrieved from Smithsonian website: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-happens-your-body-when-youre-stressed-180964357/

Hunter-Gadsen, L. (2018). Report: Black women less likely to be promoted, supported by their managers. Retrieved from PBS NewsHour website: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/report-black-women-less-likely-to-be-promoted-supported-by-their-managers

Kandola, A., Vancampfort, D., Herring, M., Rebar, A., Hallgren, M., Firth, J., & Stubbs, B. (2018). Moving to Beat Anxiety: Epidemiology and Therapeutic Issues with Physical Activity for Anxiety. Current Psychiatry Reports, 20(8), 63. 

Khullar, D. (2017, January 5). How Social Isolation Is Killing Us. The New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/upshot/how-social-isolation-is-killing-us.html

LeBouthillier, D. M., & Asmundson, G. J. G. (2017). The efficacy of aerobic exercise and resistance training as transdiagnostic interventions for anxiety-related disorders and constructs: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 52, 43–52. 

McDonald, J., Swami, N., Hannon, B., Lo, C., Pope, A., Oza, A., … Zimmermann, C. (2017). Impact of early palliative care on caregivers of patients with advanced cancer: cluster randomised trial. Annals of Oncology: Official Journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 28(1), 163–168. 

The Mind and Mental Health: How Stress Affects the Brain. (2016, July 26). Retrieved from https://www.tuw.edu/health/how-stress-affects-the-brain/

Platt, J., Prins, Seth., Bates, L., & Keyes, K. (2016). Unequal depression for equal work? How the wage gap explains gendered disparities in mood disorders. Social Science & Medicine, 149, 1-8. 

Schwantes, M. (2019). Why Women of Color Get Less Support at Work, Research Confirms | Inc.com. Retrieved from https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/why-women-of-color-get-less-support-at-work-research-confirms.html

Services, D. of H. & H.  Breathing to reduce stress. Retrieved from https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au:443/health/healthyliving/breathing-to-reduce-stress

Sherbin, L., Taylor Kennedy, J., Jain-Link, P., & Ihezie, K. (2017). Disabilities and Inclusion: US Findings. Center for Talent Innovation. 

Siddiqui, A., Belland, L., Rivera-Reyes, L., Handel, D., Yadav, K., Heard, K., … Hwang, U. (2015). A Multicenter Evaluation of the Impact of Sex on Abdominal and Fracture Pain Care. Medical Care, 53(11), 948–953. 

Staufenbiel, S.M., Penninx, B.W., Spijker, A.T., Elzinga, B.M., van Rossum, E.F. (2013). Hair cortisol, stress exposure, and mental health in humans: a systematic review. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38(8):1220-35. 

Stress & Heart Disease. Retrieved from Cleveland Clinic website: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/17514-stress--heart-disease

Stress Can Shrink Your Brain. Retrieved from https://www.healthline.com/health-news/how-stress-can-shrink-your-brain

Thom, E. (2016). Stress and the Hair Growth Cycle: Cortisol-Induced Hair Growth Disruption. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology, 15(8):1001-4.

Travis, D.J. (2018). The workplace stress of women of colour in the US.  Retrieved from https://www.thehrdirector.com/business-news/workplace/workplace-stress-women-colour-us/

Tucker, Jasmine. (2019). Equal Pay for Native Women. National Women’s Law Center. 

Vanbutsele, G., Pardon, K., Van Belle, S., Surmont, V., De Laat, M., Colman, R., … Deliens, L. (2018). Effect of early and systematic integration of palliative care in patients with advanced cancer: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet. Oncology, 19(3), 394–404. 

Washington, Z. and Morgan Roberts, L. (2019). Women of Color Get Less Support at Work. Here’s How Managers Can Change That. Retrieved from https://hbr.org/2019/03/women-of-color-get-less-support-at-work-heres-how-managers-can-change-that

Women in the Workplace. (2019). Retrieved from NEW REPORT: Women in the Workplace 2019 website: https://womenintheworkplace.com/

Yaribeygi, H., Panahi, Y., Sahraei, H., Johnston, T. P., & Sahebkar, A. (2017). The impact of stress on body function: A review. EXCLI Journal, 16, 1057–1072. 

Zimmermann, C., Swami, N., Krzyzanowska, M., Hannon, B., Leighl, N., Oza, A., … Lo, C. (2014). Early palliative care for patients with advanced cancer: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. Lancet (London, England), 383(9930), 1721–1730. 

Womanly Health Team Members and Writers consulted publications and resources generated by the following organizations in assembling the information for this issue. A full list of citations can be found online.

Academic Emergency Medicine
American Psychological Association 
American Thyroid Association 
Ascend
The British Medical Journal 
Center for Disease Control and Prevention 
Center for Talent Innovation 
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 
EXCLI Journal
Gender, Work & Organization 
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Journal of Anxiety Disorders
The Lancet
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
The New England Journal of Medicine 
Official Journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology
PBS NewsHour 
Psychoneuroendocrinology
Social Science and Medicine 
The Smithsonian
Women in the Workplace 2019 
World Health Organization