Providers search for new tests, smartphone apps to diagnose and treat mental...
Health care providers are trying to find tests and create new smartphone and tablet apps to better diagnose and treat mental illness.
View ArticleQuartette tablets now available in U.S. for prevention of pregnancy
Teva Women's Health, a U.S. subsidiary of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., today announced that the recently approved Quartette (levonorgestrel/ethinyl estradiol and ethinyl estradiol) tablets are...
View ArticleResearchers identify gene responsible for malfunctions in fear-related memory...
A study published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience points, for the first time, to the gene trkC as a factor in susceptibility to the disease. The researchers define the specific mechanism for...
View ArticleTargeting symptoms, rather than disorders, might help reduce work impact of...
Symptoms such as insomnia and emotional distress account for much of the work impact of mental health problems such as depression and anxiety, reports a study in the February issue of Medical Care.
View ArticleBright daylight could trigger panic attack
Fear of bright daylight is associated with panic disorder, according to new presented at the ECNP congress in Berlin.
View ArticleFreespira Breathing System now available for panic disorder treatment through...
Highmark Health, Allegheny Health Network and Palo Alto Health Sciences have announced that the Freespira Breathing System is being made available to patients who suffer from panic disorder and...
View ArticleStudy identifies discrimination, alcohol and tobacco as major predictors of...
A new study has identified discrimination, alcohol and tobacco as significant predictors of minority Americans' experiencing panic attacks — fearful spells with psychological symptoms that last a few...
View ArticleIncreased sensitivity to uncertain threat common to several anxiety disorders
Several anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder and specific phobias, share a common underlying trait: increased sensitivity to uncertain threat, or fear of the unknown,...
View ArticleDepressive patients with co-occurring panic disorder report more...
Patients who take medication for depression report more side effects if they also suffer from panic disorder, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago...
View ArticlePersonalized approach to pharmacotherapy may provide advances in treatment of...
Although drug therapy is the accepted first-line treatment for panic disorders, 17% to 64% of patients do not respond adequately and continue to exhibit one of the most common symptoms of PD, the panic...
View ArticleAcid-sensing receptor may have significant relevance to physiological...
Panic disorder is a syndrome characterized by spontaneous and recurrent episodes of incapacitating anxiety. It typically emerges during adolescence or early adulthood and can take an exhausting...
View ArticlePsychiatrist stays close to home and true to her childhood promise
Dr. Yamanda Edwards, the daughter of a truck driver and a stay-at-home mom, grew up just a few miles from Martin Luther King/Drew Medical Center, at the time an iconic yet troubled hospital in South...
View ArticleTo treat pain, PTSD and other ills, Tennessee vets try tai chi
Every week in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Zibin Guo guides veterans in wheelchairs through slow-motion tai chi poses as a Bluetooth speaker plays soothing instrumental music.
View ArticleWomen who find purpose and meaning in life less likely to have anxiety, study...
People who feel in control of their lives and who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to have anxiety disorders even when going through the toughest times, according to a study led by the...
View ArticleResearchers explain neurophysiological link between breathing and attention
It has long been claimed by Yogis and Buddhists that meditation and ancient breath-focused practices, such as pranayama, strengthen our ability to focus on tasks.
View ArticleStudy shows neural effects of cognitive behavioral therapy in patients...
Patients suffering from panic disorder and agoraphobia are significantly impaired in daily life due to anxiety about getting into a situation due to apprehension about experiencing a panic attack,...
View Article‘Climate grief’: Fears about the planet’s future weigh on Americans’ mental...
Therapist Andrew Bryant says the landmark United Nations climate report last October brought a new mental health concern to his patients.
View ArticleStress and anxiety often play a helpful, not harmful, role in our daily lives
People generally think of stress and anxiety as negative concepts, but while both stress and anxiety can reach unhealthy levels, psychologists have long known that both are unavoidable -- and that they...
View ArticleAnxiety-related behavior associated with disturbances in the cells' powerhouses
The powerhouse of the cell, the mitochondria, provides energy for cellular functions. But those activities can become disturbed when chronic stress leads to anxiety symptoms in mice and humans.
View ArticleEpilepsy neurostimulators provide extra benefit by reducing neuropsychiatric...
People with drug-resistant epilepsy also can have deleterious neuropsychiatric symptoms like anxiety, depression, psychosis and impaired memory.
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