Psychology & Psychiatry
Marijuana could help treat drug addiction, mental health
Using marijuana could help some alcoholics and people addicted to opioids kick their habits, a UBC study has found.
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How social anxiety can be overcome with internet
In the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics a study analyzes the effects of internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for social anxiety. Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is one of the most common mental disorders ...
Oct 21, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Opinion: Feeling anxious about that first date? Here's how science can help
Does anxiety keep getting in the way of you making connections with the people you'd like to spend more time with? Maybe you've just met someone, but are worried that your anxiety will ruin it all. People with anxiety can ...
Oct 11, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Online anxiety therapy helps patients and researchers
The University of Virginia is offering a new, free online tool to help people ease their anxiety from the comfort of their own homes, while at the same time helping researchers continue to refine the program for optimal results.
Sep 16, 2016
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Antidepressants boost CBT for social anxiety
Treatments for social anxiety disorder often include either selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) or cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), but new research from Uppsala University indicates that social anxiety disorder ...
Jul 5, 2016
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Veterans are using pot to ease PTSD, despite scant research
A growing number of states are weighing whether to legalize marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. But for many veterans, the debate is already over.
Mar 22, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain volume changes after CBT
After just nine weeks of internet-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy, the brain of patients suffering from social anxiety disorder changes in volume. Anxiety is reduced, and parts of the patients' brains decrease in ...
Feb 3, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Social anxiety is highly heritable but is affected by environment
Genes play a crucial role over time although environmental factors matter most in the short term, according to a major study into social anxiety and avoidant personality disorders from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
Jan 20, 2016
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Testosterone seems to help people with social anxiety
Testosterone makes people with social anxiety disorder less likely to avoid the gaze of other people. This is one of the conclusions of a study by behavioural scientists at Radboud University. The study is the first to demonstrate ...
Sep 18, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Individuals with social phobia have too much serotonin—not too little
Previous studies have led researchers to believe that individuals with social anxiety disorder/ social phobia have too low levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin. A new study carried out at Uppsala University, however, ...
Jun 17, 2015
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