Anxiety Disorders News, Treatment Studies

Symptoms of Pain, Anxiety, and Disability Predict Changes in Pain Intensity

Can pain intensity scores predict psychosocial outcomes longitudinally? This study examines that question.

Induced Anxiety Provides Suitable Model for Pathological Anxiety, Especially Specific Phobia

Researchers conducted a meta-analysis of 181 publications that contrasted the neural activity of subjects with anxiety with subjects in control groups or healthy subjects in a safe condition with healthy subjects in an unpredictable-threat condition.

Election 2020 Stress Increases Over Stress Levels in 2016

While tensions may have been high on both sides of the aisle during the last presidential election, the proportion of Americans who say they are stressed about the presidential election has increased dramatically since 2016.

Non-Conscious Very Brief Exposure Reduces Aversion to Phobia

This study tested the hypothesis that exposure without conscious awareness would reduce fear in participants with specific phobia by harnessing the neural circuitry supporting the automatic extinction of fear.

Early Career Burnout Among Nurses Associated With Chronic Symptoms of Stress

Examining whether an early career episode of burnout has long-term consequences on cognitive functions, symptoms of depression, and insomnia for nurses a decade after graduation.

Aspects of Perfectionism Linked to Higher Anxiety

Exploring the relationships between the discrepancy facet of perfectionism, time spent on academic tasks, task-related and overall anxiety, and general psychological well-being in high-achieving university students.

Brain Scan May Guide Therapy for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Brain scans may predict which type of therapy will be most effective for obsessive-compulsive disorder in teens and adults.

Yoga Helps Generalized Anxiety Disorder but Not as Much as CBT

A new randomized controlled clinical trial evaluated whether yoga and cognitive behavioral therapy are each more effective than stress education to treat generalized anxiety disorder.