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The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and family finances

A new study on the preprint site medRxiv* evaluates how lockdowns affected families with children financially and emotionally.

24 Aug 2021

Headed away to school? Here’s what students with health issues need to know

College is a time of transition, but for those managing chronic medical conditions, it may also be the first time they will be wholly responsible for their own health: setting appointments, securing supplies and pharmaceuticals, and monitoring symptoms.

24 Aug 2021

UCR researchers gauge social responsibility in reducing COVID-19 spread

Uncertainty and anxiety generated by the COVID-19 pandemic motivated social psychologist Evelyn Vázquez at the University of California, Riverside, to collaborate with UCR Healthy Campus on a study to identify safety measures and public health messaging that reduce the spread of the coronavirus within campus communities.

24 Aug 2021

Feeling like leisure is wasteful may lead to poorer mental health outcomes, research suggests

Feeling like leisure is wasteful and unproductive may lead to less happiness and higher levels of stress and depression, new research suggests.

23 Aug 2021

Researchers use residues in wastewater to study illicit drug consumption

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, stay-at-home orders and other restrictions drastically affected how people lived and worked, resulting in social isolation and economic instability. Now, researchers show that some people turned to a variety of drugs for relief. Using wastewater analysis, the team identified a spike in consumption of easily abused prescription opioids and anti-anxiety sedatives, while some illicit drug use plummeted, between March and June 2020.

23 Aug 2021

Long-term circadian rhythm disruption induces Alzheimer's-like pathology in rats

Disrupted circadian rhythms, which can even be caused by chronic light exposure, affects normal physiological functions, resulting in anxiety, hyperactivity, and memory deficits.

19 Aug 2021

Current focus on protecting kids from vaping could overshadow the efforts in adult smoking cessation

Considerable evidence suggests that e-cigarettes are an effective smoking-cessation tool for adults in the United States, where hundreds of thousands of people die of smoking-related illness each year.

19 Aug 2021

Researchers receive $6.2 million grant to launch a center for perioperative mental health

Clinicians and researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have received a four-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to launch a center designed to help improve mental health in surgery patients, particularly older surgery patients.

19 Aug 2021

Children and young adults are frequently exposed to unsafe opioid prescriptions, study suggests

Children and young adults who have pain from surgery, dental care and other conditions are often prescribed opioids.

19 Aug 2021

New study seeks to improve mental health and wellbeing of young women

Worry, anxiety and depression – when mental health problems strike, they hit hard, particularly in times of uncertainty.

19 Aug 2021

Prostate cancer survivors have persistent fear of cancer recurrence, study reveals

A recent study reveals that some prostate cancer survivors have a persistent fear of cancer recurrence even many years after diagnosis and treatment.

19 Aug 2021

Allopregnanolone exerts persistent antidepressant effects by altering brain states

New research led by neuroscientists at Tufts University School of Medicine suggests the prolonged antidepressant effects of allopregnanolone, a neuroactive steroid used therapeutically to treat postpartum depression, may involve the ability of the compound to modify communication in an area of the brain important for mood and emotion regulation.

18 Aug 2021

Maximizing sleep can offer psychological benefit to immigrated Latinx adolescents

While access to mental health services may be limited by financial, logistical and/or practical factors among recently migrated families, a new study by University of Houston psychology researchers suggests that maximizing sleep can offer psychological benefit to adolescents in this at-risk group.

18 Aug 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of young people

In a recent study, researchers offer recommendations for the wellbeing of children and young people during the pandemic to prevent long-term consequences.

18 Aug 2021

Patients with enlarged prostate may have lower chances of significant prostate cancer

A team of Beaumont Health researchers from Radiology, Radiation Oncology and Urology studied the relationship between benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, and prostate cancer in 405 men by quantitatively looking at different parts of prostate tissue on MRI.

18 Aug 2021

Study finds link between physical activity and better cognition among breast cancer patients

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found a strong association between high levels of physical activity and the ability to maintain cognitive function among breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy.

18 Aug 2021

Study highlights how differently diverse groups of middle-aged women reacted to COVID-19

As lockdowns continue around Australia in the wake of the highly infectious Delta strain, new research from Flinders University has revealed that during the pandemic in 2020, the most affluent women suffered increased feelings of depression compared to other social classes and middle-class women who reported feeling fear and anxiety, drank more alcohol.

18 Aug 2021

UC Davis experts offer advice to help children with autism transition back to in-person school

Heading back to school after summer break can be tough for some students, but this year is unique. Because of the pandemic, distance learning and hybrid schedules have been the norm for over a year, and many kids haven't spent a full, regular week at school since March of 2020.

17 Aug 2021

Prediction models may reduce false-positive MRI screenings in women with dense breasts

Prediction models based on clinical characteristics and imaging findings may help reduce the false-positive rate in women with dense breasts who undergo supplemental breast cancer screening with MRI, according to a new study in the journal Radiology.

17 Aug 2021

COVID-19 stressors negatively impact refugees' mental health, study shows

COVID-19 stressors are negatively impacting resettled refugees' mental health, a new study by UNSW Sydney psychologists in partnership with Australian Red Cross, Settlement Services International and Phoenix Australia at the University of Melbourne has shown.

17 Aug 2021

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and family finances

Headed away to school? Here’s what students with health issues need to know

UCR researchers gauge social responsibility in reducing COVID-19 spread

Feeling like leisure is wasteful may lead to poorer mental health outcomes, research suggests

Researchers use residues in wastewater to study illicit drug consumption

Long-term circadian rhythm disruption induces Alzheimer's-like pathology in rats

Current focus on protecting kids from vaping could overshadow the efforts in adult smoking cessation

Researchers receive $6.2 million grant to launch a center for perioperative mental health

Children and young adults are frequently exposed to unsafe opioid prescriptions, study suggests

New study seeks to improve mental health and wellbeing of young women

Prostate cancer survivors have persistent fear of cancer recurrence, study reveals

Allopregnanolone exerts persistent antidepressant effects by altering brain states

Maximizing sleep can offer psychological benefit to immigrated Latinx adolescents

Impact of COVID-19 on the wellbeing of young people

Patients with enlarged prostate may have lower chances of significant prostate cancer

Study finds link between physical activity and better cognition among breast cancer patients

Study highlights how differently diverse groups of middle-aged women reacted to COVID-19

UC Davis experts offer advice to help children with autism transition back to in-person school

Prediction models may reduce false-positive MRI screenings in women with dense breasts

COVID-19 stressors negatively impact refugees' mental health, study shows

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Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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