News tagged with generalized anxiety disorder
Cognitive behavior therapy helps older adults with anxiety reduce worry, improve mental health
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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Older adults with generalized anxiety disorder who received cognitive behavior therapy had greater improvement on measures of worry, depression and mental health than patients who received usual care, according to a study ...
What Is The Best Strategy For Overcoming Constant Worries?
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Apr 07, 2009 |
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A group of German investigators has published a randomized controlled trial on how to overcome constant worries in the current issue of Psyhotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Childhood anxiety disorders can and should be treated
Dec 24, 2008 |
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Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents should be recognized and treated to prevent educational underachievement and adult substance abuse, anxiety disorders and depression, says a nationally recognized child psychiatrist ...
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Study sheds light on brain's fear processing center
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Breathing carbon dioxide can trigger panic attacks, but the biological reason for this effect has not been understood. A new study by University of Iowa researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which ...
Military experiment seeks to predict PTSD
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.
Depression as deadly as smoking, but anxiety may be good for you
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Nov 17, 2009 |
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A study by researchers at the University of Bergen, Norway, and the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King's College London has found that depression is as much of a risk factor for mortality as smoking.
Scanning invisible damage of PTSD, brain blasts
Nov 09, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Powerful scans are letting doctors watch just how the brain changes in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and concussion-like brain injuries - signature damage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Psychiatric impact of torture could be amplified by head injury
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Nov 06, 2009 |
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Depression and other emotional symptoms in survivors of torture and other traumatic experiences may be exacerbated by the effects of head injuries, according to a study from the Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (HPRT), based ...
Computer Science Provides a More Sound Way to Test for Sleep Apnea
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A computer scientist from the University of Houston and a doctor of sleep medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston have teamed up to create a new, less invasive ...
Teeth grinding linked to sleep apnea
Nov 02, 2009 |
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There is a high prevalence of nocturnal teeth grinding, or bruxism, in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), particularly in Caucasians. New research presented at CHEST 2009, the 75th annual international scientific ...
Clinical tests begin on medication to correct Fragile X defect
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Nov 02, 2009 |
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NIH-supported scientists at Seaside Therapeutics in Cambridge, Mass., are beginning a clinical trial of a potential medication designed to correct a central neurochemical defect underlying Fragile X syndrome, the most common ...
PTSD less common than depression and alcohol misuse amongst UK troops
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Oct 30, 2009 |
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Common mental disorders, such as depression and alcohol misuse, are the top psychological problems amongst UK troops post-deployment and not post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as is widely believed. A study published today ...
Deep brain stimulation may be effective treatment for Tourette's syndrome
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Oct 27, 2009 |
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Deep brain stimulation may be a safe and effective treatment for Tourette syndrome, according to research published in the October 27, 2009, print issue of Neurology.
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