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Treating anxiety during pregnancy: Just how safe are SSRIs?

Saturday, 2 February 2008 8:13 A GMT+01
Ms. K, age 25, is 6 weeks pregnant and is taking medications for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). When she was diagnosed with GAD at age 19, her symptoms included 6 months of excessive anxiety-insomnia, fatigue, difficulty with concentration,

Abstract: Medical utilization across the anxiety disorders

Friday, 25 January 2008 5:46 A GMT+01
Individuals with panic disorder often seek medical care for their symptoms prior to receiving effective treatment. However, little is known about how often, and in what settings, patients with other anxiety disorders present for medical treatment.

Matters of the mind can affect matters of the heart

Monday, 21 January 2008 7:13 A GMT+01
A new study by McGill University and Université de Montréal researchers has found that major anxiety and/or depression, can double a coronary artery disease patient's chances of repeated heart ailments.

Abstract: Monthly variation in prevalence of comorbid depression and anxiety at high latitudes

Monday, 21 January 2008 5:36 A GMT+01
Background: To investigate monthly variation in depression, anxiety and their comorbidity (COM) in an epidemiologic study and their association to monthly variation in suicide rates.

Abstract: Depression and anxiety as predictors of 2-year cardiac events in patients with stable coronary artery disease

Wednesday, 16 January 2008 8:18 A GMT+01
Context Anxiety and depression are associated with mechanisms that promote atherosclerosis. Most recent studies of emotional disturbances in coronary artery disease (CAD) have focused on depression only.

Abstract: Seasonality is associated with anxiety and depression

Monday, 17 December 2007 7:12 A GMT+01
The purpose of this study was to assess how seasonal changes in mood and behaviour were associated with depression and anxiety symptoms in a sample from a general population, and to investigate how prevalence figures were affected by month of

Abstract: What do childhood anxiety disorders predict?

Friday, 14 December 2007 7:47 A GMT+01
Few longitudinal studies of child and adolescent psychopathology have examined the links between specific childhood anxiety disorders and adolescent psychiatric disorder.

Study finds mental health improves with age

Friday, 7 December 2007 8:02 A GMT+01
Research from the University of New South Wales has found that middle-aged Australians are more anxious and depressed than their elderly counterparts, turning on its head a prevailing myth about old age.

Low birthweight babies more likely to become anxious, depressed adults

Wednesday, 5 December 2007 8:35 A GMT+01
There might be some truth to the popular wisdom that plump babies are happy babies. A landmark public health study has found that people who had a low birth weight are more likely to experience depression and anxiety later in life.

Mental illness and drug addiction linked to disturbances in brain's fear center

Tuesday, 4 December 2007 8:39 A GMT+01
Study finds rats with amygdalas damaged at birth showed abnormal adult behavior related to fear plus greater cocaine sensitivity

Relatives of Parkinson's disease patients at increased risk for anxiety and depression disorders

Tuesday, 4 December 2007 8:31 A GMT+01
Immediate relatives (brother, sister, mother, father, son or daughter) of people who have Parkinson's disease are at increased risk for developing depression and anxiety disorders, according to a new study by Mayo Clinic.

Very high anxiety, depression rates found in Katrina survivors

Tuesday, 4 December 2007 8:26 A GMT+01
Almost half of pre-hurricane residents of New Orleans and one-fourth of those living in other affected areas had evidence of an anxiety or mood disorder five to seven months following Hurricane Katrina,

Drinking away anxiety - curbing college alcohol abuse

Tuesday, 27 November 2007 9:23 A GMT+01
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati have reported on a pilot program aimed at curbing alcohol abuse among college students.

New life inside the depressed brain

Wednesday, 21 November 2007 8:01 A GMT+01
Neuron growth may be key to mood disorder treatments, studies find

War deployment increases alcohol abuse, mental illness risks, and marital, family conflicts

Friday, 16 November 2007 8:03 A GMT+01
Institute of Medicine report confirms military personnel who serve in war zones face increased risk for alcohol abuse, anxiety disorders, depression, and marital and family conflict

Hypertension drug protects against anxiety & depression triggered brain damage

Thursday, 8 November 2007 9:08 A GMT+01
A drug used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure) and enlargement of the prostate may protect the brain from damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression and schizophrenia.

Abstract: Acute Stress Potentiates Anxiety in Humans.

Thursday, 8 November 2007 9:00 A GMT+01
Stress is an important factor in the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders. Stress also potentiates anxiety-like response in animals, but empirical evidence for a similar effect in humans is still lacking.

Genetics link personality traits to anxiety disorders

Friday, 2 November 2007 8:28 A GMT+01
Two large twin studies have found there is a genetic overlap between certain anxiety disorders and personality characteristics.

Functional neuroimaging of anxiety disorders: Focus on the amygdala and insula

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:25 A GMT+01
Many psychiatrists eagerly await the day when functional neuroimaging approaches can help us confirm diagnoses and assist in choosing interventions.

Report: Cancer therapy needs to treat the whole patient not just their tumor

Wednesday, 24 October 2007 10:25 A GMT+01
Treatment plans should also address psychological and social needs

Adolescents need support during family breakups

Tuesday, 23 October 2007 10:34 P GMT+01
By Joene Hendry NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Family breakups take a toll on adolescents, who have high rates of psychological and social problems, including substance abuse, behavioral disorders, anxiety and depression,

Depression, anxiety tied to allergies in kids

Saturday, 20 October 2007 7:01 A GMT+01
Research in psychiatrically ill children and adolescents suggests that those with depression, anxiety and other so-called "internalizing" disorders are more likely to have allergies.

Abstract: Adolescent obesity and risk for subsequent major depressive disorder and anxiety disorder

Saturday, 20 October 2007 6:56 A GMT+01
Objective: To assess whether adolescent obesity is associated with risk for development of major depressive disorder (MDD) or anxiety disorder. Obesity has been linked to psychosocial difficulties among youth.

Protein could be key to stress, anxiety, and depression resiliency

Friday, 19 October 2007 9:28 A GMT+01
A key question in mental health research is: Why are some people resilient to stress, while others are not? A new mouse study reveals that the difference may depend in part on the chemistry of the brains' reward circuits.

Abstract: Marijuana coping motives interact with marijuana use frequency to predict anxious arousal, panic related catastrophic thinking, and worry among current marijuana users

Sunday, 14 October 2007 9:38 A GMT+01
The present investigation evaluated whether coping motives for marijuana use interacted with past 30-day frequency of marijuana use in relation to anxiety-relevant variables among community-recruited young adult marijuana users

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