Late at night, a student sits at her desk while the soft glow of a laptop screen casts shadows across the room. Outside, the city street is quiet, but inside, her mind is racing. Fingers hover over ...

In a study of nearly 1,300 returning veterans reporting reintegration problems, those who completed online expressive-writing sessions showed more improvements than peers who had not written at all or ...

Taking a few minutes to jot down your thoughts and feelings using a technique called “expressive writing” can free up brain space and helps the mind function more efficiently, according to a new study ...

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 ...

People who wrote emotionally about past stressful events two weeks before having a biopsy had their wound heal faster than people who wrote about factual day to day activities, a study has found. 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 ...

May 8, 2017 - For people going through a divorce, a technique called narrative expressive writing--not just writing about their emotions, but creating a meaningful narrative of their experience--may ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Creative writing offers opportunities to express feelings, thoughts, and points-of-view. It helps to promote mental and physical ...

Telehealth Personalized Cancer Risk Communication to Motivate Colonoscopy in Relatives of Patients With Colorectal Cancer: The Family CARE Randomized Controlled Trial Patients (N = 277) with stage I ...