During Aug. 19, 2020, to Feb. 1, 2021, the percentage of adults with symptoms of an anxiety or depressive disorder increased, as did the percentage reporting that they needed but did not receive mental health counseling or therapy.
Mindfulness-based interventions have gained extensive support for their application in the treatment of anxiety, but their mechanisms remain largely unexplored. Excessive reactivity to uncertainty plays a central role in anxiety, and may represent a mechanism for the effect of mindfulness on anxiety.
This cross-sectional, web-based, national survey was conducted during the first month of full lockdown in Italy and participants were recruited via social networks.