Anxiety News and Research

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Study: Self-guided, internet-based therapy platforms effectively reduce depression

In a sweeping new study, Indiana University psychologists have found that a series of self-guided, internet-based therapy platforms effectively reduce depression.

11 Dec 2018

Research findings could help improve treatment of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders

Traumatic experiences can become deeply entrenched in a person's memory. How can fears following a traumatic event be reduced in the long term and prevented from becoming a permanent stress-related disorder? Researchers at the Mainz University Medical Center have recently shed new light on these questions.

11 Dec 2018

Study explores how patients want to discuss symptoms with doctors

Sleep, pain, anxiety, depression, and low energy/fatigue (known collectively as SPADE for short) symptoms are extremely common, but often unrecognized and undertreated by primary care physicians.

11 Dec 2018

Optum, UnitedHealthcare take action to help people affected by North Carolina winter storms

UnitedHealthcare and Optum, the health benefits and services companies of UnitedHealth Group, are taking action to help people affected by the recent winter storms in North Carolina.

11 Dec 2018

Imagination can help overcome fear and anxiety-related disorders, shows study

Imagine a barking dog, a furry spider or another perceived threat and your brain and body respond much like they would if you experienced the real thing.

11 Dec 2018

Avoidant grievers unconsciously monitor and block mind-wandering contents, study shows

People who are grieving a major loss, such as the death of a spouse or a child, use different coping mechanisms to carry on with their lives. Psychologists have been able to track different approaches, which can reflect different clinical outcomes.

11 Dec 2018

Researchers to study effects of electroconvulsive therapy on Alzheimer’s patients with aggression

Researchers at McLean Hospital will lead a five-year study to investigate the use of electroconvulsive therapy to treat severe agitation and aggression in people with Alzheimer's disease.

11 Dec 2018

Novel personalized medicine tool for assessing inherited colorectal cancer syndrome risk developed

An international team of researchers led by Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah has developed, calibrated, and validated a novel tool for identifying the genetic changes in Lynch syndrome genes that are likely to be responsible for causing symptoms of the disease.

10 Dec 2018

Experts address sleep disorders following traumatic brain injury

Disorders of sleep are some of the most common problems experienced by patients after traumatic brain injury. It is important to recognize and treat these problems early to allow for optimal cognitive recovery, but because they are so common, the importance of treating them is often underestimated.

10 Dec 2018

Eating disorders now a top priority with Australian Government

According to a new announcement from the Morrison government on Sunday (9th of December 2018), patients who are suffering from severe forms of eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia would soon have access to up to 60 appointments with psychologists and dieticians as part of their Medicare plan.

9 Dec 2018

Study reveals why some children are susceptible to the effects of maltreatment

People who experience childhood maltreatment frequently have perturbations in their brain architecture, regardless of whether they develop psychiatric symptoms, but a study in Biological Psychiatry found additional alterations in people who don't develop symptoms.

6 Dec 2018

Scientists understand how sounds can incite fear

How is it that a sound can send a chill down your spine? By observing individual brain cells of mice, scientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory are understanding how a sound can incite fear.

5 Dec 2018

Eliminating microglia can reverse some aspects of stress sensitization, study shows

Using an animal model of chronic stress, researchers at The Ohio State University have shown that the immune cells of the brain, called microglia, hold unique signatures of chronic stress that leave the animal more sensitive to future stressful experiences, evident by increased anxiety and immune responses.

4 Dec 2018

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Study: Self-guided, internet-based therapy platforms effectively reduce depression

Research findings could help improve treatment of anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorders

Study explores how patients want to discuss symptoms with doctors

Optum, UnitedHealthcare take action to help people affected by North Carolina winter storms

Imagination can help overcome fear and anxiety-related disorders, shows study

Avoidant grievers unconsciously monitor and block mind-wandering contents, study shows

Researchers to study effects of electroconvulsive therapy on Alzheimer’s patients with aggression

Novel personalized medicine tool for assessing inherited colorectal cancer syndrome risk developed

Experts address sleep disorders following traumatic brain injury

Eating disorders now a top priority with Australian Government

Study reveals why some children are susceptible to the effects of maltreatment

Scientists understand how sounds can incite fear

Eliminating microglia can reverse some aspects of stress sensitization, study shows

Study of infrequent cannabis users compares adverse effects of vaping and smoking

In grandma’s stocking: An apple watch to monitor falls, track heart rhythms

Prickly disagreements of marriage mellow with age, study shows

Brown researchers awarded $12 million NIH grant renewal to explore fundamentals of brain function

Boys with social difficulties are at greatest risk of early substance use

Scientists alleviate schizophrenic symptoms in mice

Study: Women with history of sexual trauma have clear preferences in obstetric care

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