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For information about how we can help children deal with stress, stress associated with holidays, post-traumatic stress, work-related stress, and the relationship between stress, sleep and relaxation, follow the links to the HealthInsite topic pages below.
Updated January 2008
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Scleroderma affects the skin
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Better Health Channel
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Scleroderma is a disease of the body's connective tissue. The most common symptom is a thickening and hardening of the skin, particularly of the hands and face. There is no cure but the symptoms can be managed.
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Jul 2008
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Meditation
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Better Health Channel
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Meditation is the deliberate holding of one's attention on a subject, object or process. It may involve clearing the mind. Results can include feeling more 'alive', enhanced feelings of calm and heightened awareness. The regular practice of meditation offers many long-term health benefits, such as reduced stress and reduced blood pressure.
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Jul 2008
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Exam time: hints for managing stress
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inspire foundation
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Exams are a time when stress levels are higher than usual. This factsheets outlines some of the causes of stress and ways to manange it.
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Jul 2008
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Coping with exam results
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inspire foundation
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Not doing as well as you expected or hoped in your exam results can be really tough, especially if you've finished school and needed higher marks to get into a particular course or if you're carrying your own or others' expectations. Check out this fact sheet for suggestions on how to cope with exam results.
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Jul 2008
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Illness - tips to help you recover
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Better Health Channel
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Medical conditions, illness or injury can disrupt our lives and cause stress. Positive lifestyle factors like a healthy diet, regular exercise, sleep and social support can relieve or manage the symptoms of illness or injury and help improve recovery.
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Jun 2008
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Stress - Q & A
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Better Health Channel
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A range of questions on stress. Our experts provide the answers.
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Jun 2008
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Stress - how to recognise it
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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Stress is a part of our lives, and the way we react to stress is similar to how we react to danger - we are conditioned to go into 'fight or flight' mode, and we may get unpleasant physical symptoms, telling us that we are over-stressed.
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Jun 2008
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Deliberate Self-Harm
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Inspire Foundation
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This fact sheet has information on deliberate self harm and ideas for managing the feelings without harming yourself.
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Jun 2008
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What to do when your friend is distressed
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inspire foundation
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Sometime it's hard to know how we can help a friend. This fact sheet contains some ideas about how to help a friend who is distressed.
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May 2008
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Stress
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myDr
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Stress affects different people in different ways - your attitude and personality play a big part in how it affects you, and how you cope with it.
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May 2008
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Stress can become a serious illness
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Better Health Channel
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Stress that is not managed or treated can lead to significant medical illnesses and anxiety disorders that can result in depression. When stress turns into a serious illness, it is important to get professional help as soon as possible.
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Mar 2008
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Lifestyle
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The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
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For women with endometriosis, making some simple lifestyle changes can be very helpful in managing the condition.
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Mar 2008
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Coping with final exam results
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inspire foundation
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Expectations and pressure may be a positive influence and help to challenge or motivate you to do your best. However, too much pressure to achieve can cause you to burn out. Check out this fact sheet for tips on how to manage expectations and pressure when you get your final exam results.
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Feb 2008
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Stress
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HealthInsite Topic Page
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Links to information about stress.
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Feb 2008
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Self-harm
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Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
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The reasons people harm themselves are complicated. Self-harming usually does not mean that a person wants to commit suicide or that they are looking for attention.
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Jan 2008
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Becoming a parent
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Raising Children Network (RCN)
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An overview of the new experiences, feelings and challenges that parenthood brings, and tips for dealing with relationship changes.
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Nov 2007
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Stress affects us in many ways
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Better Health Channel
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Stress is a feeling you have when you face a situation you think you can't manage. This can make you feel anxious, irritable, forgetful, sleepless and unable to cope. There are many different ways to deal with stress - once you understand the causes.
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Oct 2007
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Chronic illness
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Better Health Channel
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Illness can be stressful but a chronic illness imposes extra stress. It can affect a person's recovery and how well they cope with the demands of the illness and its treatment. There are a range of strategies to help people deal with the stress of chronic illness.
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Jul 2007
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