TUESDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Fear of spiders, a type of anxiety disorder, may be treatable in a single therapy session, according to a small new study.
People with a lifelong spider phobia were able to touch or hold a tarantula after a two- or three-hour therapy session, and the effectiveness of the therapy continued for at least six months, the Northwestern University researchers reported.
MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Depression or anxiety affect one-third of Americans with arthritis who are aged 45 or older, a new study shows.
Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also found that even though anxiety is nearly twice as common as depression among people with arthritis, doctors tend to focus more on depression in these patients.
WEDNESDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) — Worrying may have co-evolved with intelligence as an important survival trait in humans, new research suggests.
For the study, researchers looked at 26 people with generalized anxiety disorder and compared them to a group of 18 healthy volunteers without the disorder. The investigators found that both worry and high intelligence were associated with brain activity measured by the depletion of the nutrient choline in the brain’s white matter.
THURSDAY, April 5 (HealthDay News) — Seniors with psychological distress such as depression or anxiety are more likely to have physical disabilities, a new Australian study says.
Regular physical activity, however, can protect against such problems.
By Denise Mann
HealthDay Reporter
MONDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — For years, women with the severe form of premenstrual syndrome known as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) were told that their symptoms should subside the day menstruation begins.
Now, new research suggests that these symptoms, which can include serious mood swings, start about four days before menstruation and can linger through the first three days of menses — as many women with the disorder can attest.
TUESDAY, Jan. 3 (HealthDay News) — Adults who were born with a severe facial disfigurement have generally good psychological adjustment, according to a small new study.
Dutch researches gave a set of psychological, physical and demographic questionnaires to 59 adults, average age 34, who were born with severe facial disfigurement caused by rare, extensive facial cleft syndromes.
By Dennis Thompson
HealthDay Reporter
THURSDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) — People with a mental illness struggle with symptoms ranging from crushing depression and crippling anxiety to powerful delusions and hallucinations that force them to actively sort out the real from the imagined.
And if that weren’t enough, they also have to deal with the way the rest of the world perceives their inner struggle.
SUNDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) — Socializing is a major part of the holiday season, but many people find it difficult.
If you suffer anxiety or feel tongue-tied at festive gatherings, here are some helpful tips from Martin Antony, a psychology professor at Ryerson University in Toronto.
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) — Scientists who identified a gene linked to separation anxiety say their finding could lead to more targeted treatments for anxiety disorders.
The researchers assessed separation anxiety in children with two rare genetic disorders called 7q11.23 duplication syndrome (Dup7q11.23) and Williams-Beuren syndrome (WBS).
FRIDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) — Certain types of anti-smoking ads may not be effective for young adult smokers who are generally anxious, according to a new study.
University of Georgia researchers found that these smokers tend to tune out anti-smoking videos that warn how smoking can lead to disease and death and how secondhand smoke can harm others.
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