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Spike in eating disorders: Millions of people suffer from the condition

Mental health issues clung to COVID-19 like remoras to a shark during the height of the pandemic. And among the most serious were eating disorders.

9 Mar 2023

Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

When Matthew Boyd was released from a Georgia state prison in December 2020, officials sent him home without medicines he uses to manage chronic heart and lung conditions and high blood pressure, he said.

8 Mar 2023

New blood test examines biomarkers to help determine a person's risk for anxiety

Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine have successfully developed a blood test for anxiety.

7 Mar 2023

Symptomatic COVID-19 is associated with deficits in task-related cognitive function and psychiatric symptoms

Researchers conducted a prospective population survey, functional brain imaging, and a cognitive task performance test to determine whether a history of symptomatic coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was associated with psychiatric and neurocognitive symptoms.

7 Mar 2023

Researchers optically evoke tachycardia enhanced anxiety-like behaviour

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, researchers devised a non-invasive optogenetic and wearable cardiac pacemaker for accurate and specific control of cardiac rhythm for ≤900 beats per minute (bpm), enabled by micro-light-emitting display (LED) harness and systemic channelrhodopsin delivery.

6 Mar 2023

Assistance dogs help improve defense veterans’ mental health, study shows

A new Australian study focused on defence veterans’ mental health has found strong evidence that assistance dogs used in conjunction with traditional therapies provide the most effective treatment outcomes.

5 Mar 2023

Transcendental Meditation reduces stress-related burnout symptoms among healthcare providers

Healthcare providers (HCP) at three Miami hospitals during the height of the Covid crisis, who practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique (TM), showed a rapid and highly significant reduction in stress-related burnout symptoms such as somatization, depression, anxiety, sleep disturbances, and emotional exhaustion, as well as significant improvement in mental well-being, compared to a parallel matched lifestyle-as-usual group (LAU), according to a new study published today in PLOS ONE.

3 Mar 2023

Augmenting an antidepressant with aripiprazole may help some older adults with treatment-resistant depression

For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify) to an antidepressant they're already taking is more effective than switching from one antidepressant to another, according to a new multicenter study led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

3 Mar 2023

Pitt and UCI researchers secure funding to advance understanding of patient reactions to Alzheimer's diagnoses

University of Pittsburgh and University of California, Irvine (UCI) researchers have received funding from the National Institute of Aging to advance understanding of real-world patient and family member reactions to biomarker-informed Alzheimer's disease and related disorders diagnoses.

3 Mar 2023

Brain development in autistic Individuals differs from people with typical neurodevelopment, study confirms

A new study led by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers confirms that brain development in people with autism differs from those with typical neurodevelopment.

3 Mar 2023

Associations between structural brain alterations and post-COVID fatigue

In a recent study published in eClinicalMedicine, researchers examined the structural brain changes in patients with post-COVID fatigue.

3 Mar 2023

Immune activity differs for pregnant women based on anxiety status

The immune system of pregnant women with anxiety is biologically different from that of pregnant women without anxiety, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Columbia University Irving Medical Center investigators.

2 Mar 2023

Are advanced dementia staging and severity of neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms associated with the likelihood of divorce or separation in older adulthood?

Researchers evaluated associations between neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms, dementia staging, and divorce/separation.

2 Mar 2023

Workplace support can protect healthcare professionals against adverse mental health and burnout

Amongst healthcare professionals, the feeling of being supported in the workplace can protect them against adverse mental health and burnout, according to a new study published in CMAJ Open by researchers at Queen Mary University of London and medical staff at various hospitals across the UK.

1 Mar 2023

Patterns of new psychiatric diagnoses among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study published in PLoS Medicine aimed to determine the number of adolescents and children with primary or secondary diagnoses across the pandemic.

1 Mar 2023

Sexting associated with several mental health problems, study shows

A new study has shown that sexting was associated with depression, anxiety, sleep problems, and compulsive sexual behaviors.

28 Feb 2023

Adult smokers with mental illness top the charts in caffeine consumption

Americans are drinking more caffeinated beverages than ever before, but Rutgers researchers found one group that tops the charts in caffeine consumption: adult smokers with mental illness.

28 Feb 2023

The relationship between nutrient intake and time in bed in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy

Researchers evaluated the association between the time in bed and difficulty sleeping with nutrient intake during the second trimester and the third trimester of gestation.

28 Feb 2023

Face blindness may be more common than currently believed

Face blindness, a mystifying condition that can trick us into believing we recognize people we've never met or make us fail to recognize those we have, has been previously estimated to affect between 2 and 2.5 percent of people in the world.

27 Feb 2023

Cannabis users have higher complexity of co-existing conditions

As legislation in multiple states eases former restrictions around medical and recreational cannabis in the United States, an increasing proportion of the population reports use of the drug. Between 2016 and 2018, more than 22 percent of Massachusetts residents reported any prior cannabis use for medical or recreational reasons. However, little is known about cannabis use in patients who undergo surgery or interventional procedures, where cannabis use has important additional clinical implications.

27 Feb 2023

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Spike in eating disorders: Millions of people suffer from the condition

Reentry programs to help former prisoners obtain health care are often underused

New blood test examines biomarkers to help determine a person's risk for anxiety

Symptomatic COVID-19 is associated with deficits in task-related cognitive function and psychiatric symptoms

Researchers optically evoke tachycardia enhanced anxiety-like behaviour

Assistance dogs help improve defense veterans’ mental health, study shows

Transcendental Meditation reduces stress-related burnout symptoms among healthcare providers

Augmenting an antidepressant with aripiprazole may help some older adults with treatment-resistant depression

Pitt and UCI researchers secure funding to advance understanding of patient reactions to Alzheimer's diagnoses

Brain development in autistic Individuals differs from people with typical neurodevelopment, study confirms

Associations between structural brain alterations and post-COVID fatigue

Immune activity differs for pregnant women based on anxiety status

Are advanced dementia staging and severity of neuropsychiatric behavioral symptoms associated with the likelihood of divorce or separation in older adulthood?

Workplace support can protect healthcare professionals against adverse mental health and burnout

Patterns of new psychiatric diagnoses among children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic

Sexting associated with several mental health problems, study shows

Adult smokers with mental illness top the charts in caffeine consumption

The relationship between nutrient intake and time in bed in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy

Face blindness may be more common than currently believed

Cannabis users have higher complexity of co-existing conditions

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