Anxiety
Development Of New Scale To Measure Anxiety Outcomes - A new questionnaire and outcomes measurement scale developed by the department of psychiatry at Rhode Island Hospital has proven to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety. The scale can easily be incorporated into routine clinical practice when treating psychiatric disorders. The study appears online ahead of print in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry…
Massage Eases Anxiety, But No Better Than Simple Relaxation Does - A new randomized trial shows that on average, three months after receiving a series of 10 massage sessions, patients had half the symptoms of anxiety. This improvement resembles that previously reported with psychotherapy, medications, or both…
Novel Program Translates Behavioral And Social Science Research Into Treatments To Reduce Obesity - Under a $7.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Rush University Medical Center is developing a novel program, called WISHFIT, to help pre-menopausal women reduce visceral fat through a sustained increase in physical activity and reduction in stress…
Improving Care For Low-Birth-Weight Infants - Researchers at UC Irvine and the Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science (CDU) will monitor the day-to-day health of low-birth-weight babies and their parents as part of a comprehensive initiative designed to combat chronic illnesses associated with low-weight births…
Don’t Let Stress Grind You Down - People who are stressed by daily problems or trouble at work seem to be more likely to grind their teeth at night. Researchers writing in BioMed Central’s open access journal Head & Face Medicine studied the causes of ’sleep bruxism’, gnashing teeth during the night, finding that it was especially common in those who try to cope with stress by escaping from difficult situations…
“Tunnel Anxiety” Can Be Reduced - Many people feel insecure when they drive in tunnels. However, their anxiety can be reduced. “Driving in tunnels is actually twice as safe as driving in the open air, when all factors are taken into account,” says SINTEF scientist Gunnar Jensen. However, a rough estimate suggests that as many as 10 - 20 percent of the population feel uncomfortable or very uncomfortable driving in tunnels…
Psychotherapy May Help Autoimmune Disease - This study shows that cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is effective in dealing with patients suffering from lupus and high levels of daily stress as it significantly reduces the incidence of psychological disorders associated with lupus and improves and maintains patients’ QOL, despite there being no significant reduction in the disease activity index…
Moderate Drinking Before Trauma Leads To More Flashbacks - People who have drunk a moderate amount of alcohol before a traumatic event report more flashbacks than those who have had no alcohol, according to new research at UCL (University College London). The results may give new insight into why some individuals develop post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after a traumatic event and others do not…
Five Tips To Help A Stressed-Out President Or Anyone Else Quit Smoking - President Barack Obama’s recent physical examination revealed that he is in generally good health and that he is still trying to quit smoking. His doctor’s advice: keep up his “smoking cessation efforts”; in other words, he should keep trying to kick the habit…
When Abdominal Pain In Children Has No Apparent Cause: What Is Behind? - A systematic review that is published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics by Schulte and associates (University of Bremen, Germany) analyzes what is the psychosomatic component of abdominal pain with no apparent cause in children…
Cannabis Science Officially Begins Its First Pre-IND FDA Application Process For Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - Cannabis Science Inc. (NASD OTCBB: CBIS), a pharmaceutical cannabis company in the US, is pleased to announce that it now has the results of its survey of more than 1,300 individuals with PTSD, including a large cohort of veterans. The survey was conducted by Cannabis Science Advisory Board member Dr. Mitch Earleywine PhD. of the State University of New York (Albany)…
“Touch, Caring And Cancer: Simple Instruction For Family And Friends” - Advanced cancer patients who regularly received massages averaging 14 minutes or more by a partner or family member declined in stress scores over four weeks, according to results of a study reported at the 7th annual conference of the American Psychosocial Oncology Society…
Stress Hormone In Womb Predicts Poorer Cognitive Development, But Loving Care Can “Undo” It - A mother’s nurture may provide powerful protection against risks her baby faces in the womb, according to a new article published online today in the journal Biological Psychiatry…
Rwandan Genocide Survivors Provide New Insights Into Resilience And PTSD - The 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in the mass killing of up to one million people over the course of about 100 days. Although the exact death toll is unknown, experts estimate that as much as 20% of the country’s entire population was murdered…
New Research Shows Childhood Stress Such As Abuse Or Emotional Neglect Can Result In Structural Brain Changes - New research using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) shows that childhood stress such as abuse or emotional neglect, in particular when combined with genetic factors, can result in structural brain changes, rendering these people more vulnerable to developing depression…
Do Genes Play A Role In PTSD? Study Of Rwanda Genocide Survivors Suggests Yes - A study of Rwandan Genocide survivors, some with and some without post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD, suggests that genetic factors influence the relationship between a person’s “traumatic load”, or the number of traumatic events he or she experiences, and their likelihood of developing PTSD…
Wellmune WGP(R) Protects Against Stress-Related Health Challenges - Wellmune WGP®, a natural carbohydrate that activates key immune cells, reduced the incidence of cold-like symptoms and improved the psychological well-being of individuals with stressful lifestyles, reports a new study published in Agro Food Industry Hi-Tech. Wellmune WGP is a food, beverage and dietary supplement ingredient from Biothera…
Anxiety And Psychosomatic Symptoms: The German Experience - A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics reports on a long term extensive experience of treatment of psychosomatic symptoms related to anxiety in German psychosomatic units. This study reports on a long term extensive experience of treatment of psychosomatic symptoms related to anxiety in German psychosomatic units…
Why Studies Performed In Different Countries Yield Different Rates Of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder? - A study published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics provides new insights in the different rates of post-traumatic stress disorder that are found in studies performed in different countries. Recent epidemiological studies using consecutive patients have reported inconsistent findings in the prevalence of accident-related PTSD in developed countries…
Stress Affects Brain Function In Older People With Type 2 Diabetes - According to research from Edinburgh University, stress increases the risk of memory loss and cognitive decline in older people with Type 2 diabetes. Analysing 900 men and women aged between 60 and 75 with Type 2 diabetes, the study found brain function slowed down in those who had higher levels of the stress hormone cortisol in their blood…
Stress Raises The Risk Of Memory Loss And Cognitive Decline Among Older People With Diabetes, Research Suggests - This study shows that older people with diabetes who have higher levels of stress hormones in their blood are more likely to have experienced cognitive decline…
Patient Anxiety Reduced By 20 Percent By Regular Exercise, Study Finds - The anxiety that often accompanies a chronic illness can chip away at quality of life and make patients less likely to follow their treatment plan. But regular exercise can significantly reduce symptoms of anxiety, a new University of Georgia study shows. In a study appearing in the Feb…
Do Men With Early Prostate Cancer Commit Suicide More Frequently? - The introduction of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing as a screening tool for early detection of prostate cancer (PCa) in the beginning of the 1990s drastically increased the detection of PCa. The risk of suicide is increased among cancer patients including men with PCa…
Meditation The Key To Financial Stress, England - The latest UK unemployment figures released this week, showing long term unemployment at its highest since 1997, coupled with the increasingly bleak economic forecasts puts the focus for many of us on job insecurity and our own personal financial situation. This uncertainty can lead to stress, worry and anxiety…
The Stress Of Poverty Discussed By Rockefeller Scientist At AAAS - The roots of many adult diseases sprout in poverty and other burdens on the socially disadvantaged. Rockefeller University’s Bruce S. McEwen, a self-described molecular sociologist, talked about the effects such environmental stressors have on the brain and in turn other organ systems in a talk in San Diego at the 2010 meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science…
