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Psychologist offers a family guide to help a loved one with OCD

When a loved one has Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), it's a constant struggle. It hurts to see your spouse so anxious or your teen spending so much time alone.

31 Mar 2021

Impact of COVID-19 on mental health in the US: CDC report

The study, published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), underlies the importance of evaluating the impact of strategies addressing adult mental health status during the pandemic. This way, these can help plan strategies and interventions for the affected groups.

30 Mar 2021

Eco-bio-developmental model of emergent literacy helps identify risk factors of reading difficulties

Researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center have developed a new framework for different factors influencing how a child's brain is "wired" to learn to read before kindergarten.

30 Mar 2021

Neuroscape Psychedelics Division at UCSF to advance psychedelics research and therapies

Psychedelics research in support of brain health is getting a major boost this month with the formation of the Neuroscape Psychedelics Division at the University of California, San Francisco.

30 Mar 2021

Adverse childhood experiences linked to adolescents' delinquent behaviors

About 61% of Americans have had at least one Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE), experts' formal term for a traumatic childhood event.

30 Mar 2021

Researchers identify neural circuit involved in reciprocally regulating weight gain and depression

Research has found that obesity and mental disorders such as depression and anxiety seem to often go hand in hand.

26 Mar 2021

Patients diagnosed with incurable cancer need early access to supportive palliative care

So far, there has been little research into supportive care needs in patients with newly diagnosed incurable cancer and as their disease progresses.

26 Mar 2021

Women who suffer from sensory loss more likely to report depression and anxiety

Women who suffer from vision, hearing or dual sensory loss are more than twice as likely to report depression and anxiety as men who experience the same issues, according to a new study by Anglia Ruskin University.

26 Mar 2021

Resolving an argument is important for maintaining well-being in daily life

A recent Oregon State University study found that when people feel they have resolved an argument, the emotional response associated with that disagreement is significantly reduced and, in some situations, almost entirely erased.

25 Mar 2021

Vaccine hesitancy could pose a major threat to public health efforts to end COVID-19

Although demand for COVID-19 vaccines currently seems high, vaccine hesitancy could pose a major threat to public health efforts to end the pandemic, according to an editorial published today in the journal Science.

25 Mar 2021

Researchers discover a novel marker of adult human neural stem cells

The mammalian center for learning and memory, hippocampus, has a remarkable capacity to generate new neurons throughout life. Newborn neurons are produced by neural stem cells (NSCs) and they are crucial for forming neural circuits required for learning and memory, and mood control.

24 Mar 2021

Long-term complications are common among COVID-19 recovered individuals

A team of scientists from the United Kingdom has recently conducted a multicenter, prospective cohort study to investigate long-term consequences of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

24 Mar 2021

Research reveals varied experiences of people involved in maternity care during COVID-19 pandemic

Doctors, midwives and midwifery students were more concerned about their exposure to COVID-19 while at work than the women receiving maternity care in the same settings, while the partners of those women reported feeling isolated because of changes to the way care was provided, new Curtin University research has found.

24 Mar 2021

Pandemic fear is killing patients suffering from other serious diseases

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Joseph S. Alpert, MD, Editor-in-Chief of The American Journal of Medicine, published by Elsevier, has observed that although non-COVID inpatients suffered from the usual mix of conditions such as heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbations, the Internal Medicine inpatient population was distinctly different from what he had seen over the past decades.

24 Mar 2021

Online mindfulness practices may alleviate fear, anxiety and stress associated with COVID-19

The fear, anxiety and stress associated with the COVID-19 pandemic has taken a toll on mental health. But a new study suggests these symptoms may be alleviated through safe and convenient online mindfulness practices.

23 Mar 2021

New research could help predict acute reactions to psychedelic drugs

As psychedelics gain ground as a potential therapy for mental health disorders, there remains a pressing concern that patients in clinical trials may have adverse effects to the drugs.

22 Mar 2021

10% of older adults have got a new pet during the pandemic, poll shows

A lot of the attention around "pandemic pets" has focused on families with children getting a cat, dog or other pet in 2020, during a time when many people were learning or working from home.

22 Mar 2021

Covid-19 pandemic has a substantial impact on the mental health of young adults

The Covid-19 pandemic severely impacted the mental health of young people, with increased levels of clinical depression being identified, a new study published in the journal Psychiatry Research reports. A decrease in alcohol consumption was also identified amongst young people during the pandemic.

22 Mar 2021

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021 features the hottest science in prevention of heart disease

Stay tuned for the hottest science in the prevention of heart disease at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

20 Mar 2021

Study reveals worsening health profiles in Gen X and Gen Y

Recent generations show a worrying decline in health compared to their parents and grandparents when they were the same age, a new national study reveals.

19 Mar 2021

Anxiety News and Research

Latest Anxiety News and Research

Psychologist offers a family guide to help a loved one with OCD

Impact of COVID-19 on mental health in the US: CDC report

Eco-bio-developmental model of emergent literacy helps identify risk factors of reading difficulties

Neuroscape Psychedelics Division at UCSF to advance psychedelics research and therapies

Adverse childhood experiences linked to adolescents' delinquent behaviors

Researchers identify neural circuit involved in reciprocally regulating weight gain and depression

Patients diagnosed with incurable cancer need early access to supportive palliative care

Women who suffer from sensory loss more likely to report depression and anxiety

Resolving an argument is important for maintaining well-being in daily life

Vaccine hesitancy could pose a major threat to public health efforts to end COVID-19

Researchers discover a novel marker of adult human neural stem cells

Long-term complications are common among COVID-19 recovered individuals

Research reveals varied experiences of people involved in maternity care during COVID-19 pandemic

Pandemic fear is killing patients suffering from other serious diseases

Online mindfulness practices may alleviate fear, anxiety and stress associated with COVID-19

New research could help predict acute reactions to psychedelic drugs

10% of older adults have got a new pet during the pandemic, poll shows

Covid-19 pandemic has a substantial impact on the mental health of young adults

ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021 features the hottest science in prevention of heart disease

Study reveals worsening health profiles in Gen X and Gen Y

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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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

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

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