Psychology & Psychiatry
The psychology of mass panic and collective calm
Making sense of things in a seemingly nonsensical world.
Apr 9, 2020
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Anxiety
Psychology & Psychiatry
Probiotics alone or combined with prebiotics may help ease depression
Probiotics either taken by themselves or when combined with prebiotics, may help to ease depression, suggests a review of the available evidence, published in BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health.
Jul 6, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Neural correlates of a mindfulness-based intervention in anorexia nervosa
Sadly, many family members, friends, and celebrities have suffered from anorexia nervosa, or AN, a severe psychiatric illness associated with intense anxieties concerning weight, shape, and self-esteem. AN is characterized ...
Feb 3, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A framework characterizing the cardio-behavioral responses associated with fear and anxiety
Anxiety disorders are becoming increasingly common, with estimates suggesting that almost one in three people in the U.S. will experience high levels of anxiety at some point in their life. Anxiety is essentially a feeling ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Study sheds light on the source of unease and tension to help effectively treat anxiety
Tension while waiting for test results, the fear of not making it, the feeling of being under pressure, apprehension:These emotional states often come with physical illnesses like backache, headache, nausea, tachycardia, ...
Jul 21, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Antidepressants may reduce anxiety more than depressive symptoms
One of the most common antidepressants, sertraline, leads to an early reduction in anxiety symptoms, commonly found in depression, several weeks before any improvement in depressive symptoms, a UCL-led clinical trial has ...
Sep 19, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New way to combat childhood anxiety: treat the parents
Yale researchers have developed an innovative way to address an epidemic of anxiety disorders afflicting the nation's children: treat the parents.
Mar 13, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Addressing long-term pandemic anxiety in children
Young children growing up during the pandemic have faced confusion and fear surrounding coronavirus and their safety. As we enter a new phase of the pandemic, parents are navigating how to keep their children safe while also ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study of veterans details genetic basis for anxiety, links anxiety and depression
A massive genomewide analysis of approximately 200,000 military veterans has identified six genetic variants linked to anxiety, researchers from Yale and colleagues at other institutions report Jan. 7 in the American Journal ...
Jan 7, 2020
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Health
'Hangxiety': Why some people experience anxiety during a hangover
The morning after a night of drinking is never fun if you've got a hangover. For most people, hangovers involve a headache, fatigue, thirst or nausea. But some people also report experiencing what many have dubbed "hangxiety"—feelings ...
Feb 4, 2022
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