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Yoga Superior to Stress Education for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
But yoga not as effective as cognitive behavioral therapy, which should remain first - line treatment (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - August 18, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Gynecology, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news

Yoga Superior to Stress Education for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
TUESDAY, Aug. 18, 2020 -- Yoga is effective for treating generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), but cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) remains more effective, according to a study published online Aug. 12 in JAMA Psychiatry. Naomi M. Simon, M.D., from... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 18, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Study: Yoga helps half of adults with anxiety, but therapy is more effective
Yoga is an effective treatment for generalized anxiety disorder, a study published Wednesday by JAMA Psychiatry said, though researchers say therapy proved to be effective for more people. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - August 12, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Efficacy of digital cognitive behavioral therapy for moderate-to-severe symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder: a randomized controlled trial - Carl JR, Miller CB, Henry AL, Davis ML, Stott R, Smits JAJ, Emsley R, Gu J, Shin O, Otto MW, Craske MG, Saunders KEA, Goodwin GM, Espie CA.
BACKGROUND: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficacious intervention for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Digital CBT may provide a scalable means of delivering CBT at a population level. We investigated the efficacy of a novel digital CBT prog... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 1, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The largest meta-analysis of pharmaceutical treatments of Generalised Anxiety Disorder consolidates current knowledge and reveals convincing effectiveness of Venlafaxine
There are often discrepancies in healthcare in relation to the best pharmaceutical approaches to corresponding ailments. Mental health and psychopharmacology are no exception given the multitudes of medication and research which although helpful, may make clinical decisions more confusing. This paper identified the volumes of evidence surrounding psychopharmacology for Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD) which existed in isolated databases making it difficult to navigate, and drew helpful and practical conclusions. The results were succinctly synthesised from the available evidence and the effects of psychopharmacological t...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - July 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Long-term mental health effects of a devastating wildfire are amplified by socio-demographic and clinical antecedents in elementary and high school staff - Agyapong VIO, Ritchie A, Brown MRG, Noble S, Mankowsi M, Denga E, Nwaka B, Akinjise I, Corbett SE, Moosavi S, Chue P, Li XM, Silverstone PH, Greenshaw AJ.
OBJECTIVES: To assess the likely prevalence rates of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in staff of Fort McMurray School Districts eighteen months after a May 2016 wildfire, and to ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - June 17, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Concept Clearance » Mood and Psychosis Symptoms During the Menopause Transition
The goal of this proposed initiative is to advance translational research to better understand the emergence and worsening of mood and psychotic disorders (e.g., PMD, generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) during the MT to identify targets for future development of novel treatment interventions. (Source: National Institute of Mental Health)
Source: National Institute of Mental Health - May 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Authors: National Institute of Mental Health Source Type: news

Prevalence of depression and generalized anxiety disorder among Mexican Indigenous adolescents and young adults: challenges for healthcare - Servan-Mori E, Gonzalez-Robledo LM, Nigenda G, Quezada AD, Gonz ález-Robledo MC, Rodríguez-Cuevas FG.
Providing evidence on mental disorders in indigenous adolescents is critical to achieving universal health coverage (UHC). The prevalence of symptoms of depression and generalized anxiety disorder symptoms were estimated for 2082 adolescents aged 14-20 ye... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 16, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Coronavirus Anxiety Scale
Source: Christopher Newport University (CNU). Published: 5/14/2020. Basic information The coronavirus anxiety scale (CAS) is a self-report mental health screener of dysfunctional anxiety associated with the coronavirus crisis. Because a significant number of people experience clinically significant fear and anxiety during an infectious disease outbreak, the CAS was developed to help clinicians and researchers efficiently identify cases of individuals functionally impaired by coronavirus-related anxiety. Psychometric properties Independent studies of adults residing across the United State have demonstrated that the CAS...
Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - May 14, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

The Coronavirus Pandemic May Be Causing an Anxiety Pandemic
As the physical coronavirus pandemic continues to spread, an emotional pandemic is following fast in its wake. When the whole world is going to pieces, it’s awfully hard for the human mind—a fragile thing in the best of times—to cope, and more and more, doctors are reporting the spread of despair, worry and depression among their patients, especially those already suffering from some form of anxiety disorder. Even before COVID-19 hit its shores, the U.S. was a clinically anxious place. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, just over 19% of all American adults will experience at least one a...
Source: TIME: Health - March 26, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

How to Manage Your Anxiety About Coronavirus
On Feb. 25, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave Americans some unsettling advice: prepare for coronavirus to disrupt your life. In light of the accelerated global spread of COVID-19, CDC officials called a U.S. domestic outbreak increasingly likely, and urged Americans to ready themselves for possibilities like school closures, remote working and self-quarantine. Those comments were a stark departure from the CDC’s earlier assurances that a worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, while serious, posed relatively little threat to the U.S., due to minimal domestic person-to-person transmission and preca...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 UnitedWeRise20Disaster Source Type: news

Biohaven's Troriluzole Study For Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Misses Primary Endpoint
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 10, 2020 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. (NYSE: BHVN) today reported negative topline results from its Phase 3 clinical trial evaluating troriluzole compared to placebo for t... Biopharmaceuticals Biohaven Pharmaceutical, troriluzole, Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 10, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Anxiety disorders and the brain's resting state networks: from altered spatiotemporal synchronization to psychopathological symptoms - Northoff G.
Anxiety disorders include a variety of different disorders including panic disorder (PD), social anxiety disorder (SAD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and phobias. We here focus our review on GAD, SAD, and PD and put a specific emphasis on resting st... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 3, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

The genetic and environmental hierarchical structure of anxiety and depression in the UK Biobank - Morneau-Vaillancourt G, Coleman JRI, Purves KL, Cheesman R, Rayner C, Breen G, Eley TC.
BACKGROUND: Anxiety and depressive disorders can be classified under a bidimensional model, where depression and generalized anxiety disorder are represented by distress and the other anxiety disorders, by fear. The phenotypic structure of this model has b... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 20, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news

Good News for People with Persistent Anxiety
People with generalized anxiety disorder worry excessively for long periods, and most days they struggle to control their discomfort, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 14, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news