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Heart Patients Benefit from Anxiety Reduction

July 12th, 2010
Heart Patients Benefit from Anxiety Reduction  A new study discovers anxiety disorders increase the risk of additional cardiovascular events for individuals with heart disease. Anxiety increases risk of stroke, heart attack, heart ...

Brain Images Show Actions Associated with Courage

June 24th, 2010
Brain Images Show Brain Actions Associated with CourageA fascinating new study uses ophidiophobia, a fear of snakes, to explain how individuals develop the mental power to overcome fear. Researchers used brain imaging ...

Anxiety, Panic Prevalent among Tourette Syndrome Sufferers

June 21st, 2010
Anxiety, Panic Prevalent among Tourette Syndrome SufferersA new study discovers anxiety and panic disorders may be the most disabling psychiatric conditions among individuals with Tourette syndrome (TS). The study, based on the Global ...

Some Anxiety Meds Overprescribed

May 25th, 2010
Some Anxiety Meds OverprescribedA new study suggests that despite warnings, some drugs used to treat anxiety and sleep disorders are still being used. According to researchers from the University of British Columbia, ...

Some Mood Disorders Stay with Us As We Age

May 6th, 2010
Some Mood Disorders Stay with Us as We AgeAlthough the number of new diagnoses of mood and anxiety disorders appear to decline with age, the conditions remain common in ...

Cancer Survivors Likely to Develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

May 3rd, 2010
New studies reveal cancer survivors have trouble coping with stress years after having won their battle with cancer. In a study conducted by Jonsson Cancer Center, researcher and author Dr. Margaret Stuber, a professor of psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences, took a ...

New Cuddle Drug Excites Partner to Spoon Instead of Snooze

April 29th, 2010
Recent studies suggest the ingestion of a certain hormone can increase a person’s ability to empathize, socialize, and possibly lead the way to medicate social-anxiety disorders. The study, conducted by Dr. René Hurlemann of Bonn University’s Clinic for Psychiatry, along with ...

Depression, Anxiety Underlie Frequent Indoor Tanning

April 21st, 2010
Depression, Anxiety  Underlie Frequent Indoor TanningNew research suggests we have moved beyond simply going to a tanning salon to prepare for a vacation at the beach. Researchers believe individuals who have used indoor tanning facilities ...

A Little Anxiety May Be Okay

April 2nd, 2010
A Little Anxiety May Be OkayAn interesting new study suggests that among depressed people, anxiety associated with worrying may help relieve depression. Researchers used functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to look at brain ...

Discriminatory Policies Affect Mental Health

March 3rd, 2010
Discriminatory Policies Affect Mental Health A new study discovers institutional discrimination can influence the psychiatric health of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) individuals. Researchers from Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health found an ...
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