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Many U.S. Teens Struggle With Extreme Fatigue: Survey
Posted 18 days ago by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, May 1 – Extreme fatigue is common in U.S. teens and often goes untreated, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed more than 10,000 teens, aged 13 to 18, and found that 3 percent reported having extreme fatigue that had lasted at least three months and was not relieved by rest. Half of the teens with extreme fatigue also had depression or an anxiety disorder. More than half of those with long-term fatigue said they experienced severe or very severe problems in school, family or social situations, according to the study, which was published in the May issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry. Only 14 percent of teens with long-term fatigue alone received any type of treatment for emotional or behavioral symptoms in the previous year, the survey found. Those with depression or an anxiety disorder in addition to long-term fatigue were more likely to have received care than ... Read more
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Anxiety, Depression May Triple Risk of Death for Heart Patients: Study
Posted 19 Mar 2013 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, March 19 – Anxiety and depression coupled with heart disease triples the risk of death compared to cardiac trouble alone, researchers have found. Among heart patients, anxiety can double the risk of dying from any cause, the study authors noted, and depression further raises those odds. "Patients with heart disease who experience high anxiety during the stressors of everyday life may benefit from treatments designed to reduce anxiety, such as medications targeting anxiety or stress management," said lead researcher Lana Watkins, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. "Benefits from stress-reducing interventions would potentially be greatest in patients where anxiety is found in combination with depression," she added. Previous studies have shown that depression is about three times more common in heart ... Read more
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Anxiety May Be More Common Than Depression After Pregnancy
Posted 4 Mar 2013 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, March 4 – Anxiety is far more common in the days after childbirth than depression, with nearly one in five new mothers reporting acute mental stress surrounding delivery and the transition to a larger family, a new study suggests. Researchers also found that anxious new mothers were more likely to cut short breast-feeding efforts and seek out additional medical care for themselves within two weeks of delivery. "Postpartum depression has gotten a lot more attention than anxiety ... but it's anxiety that's an acute concern and affects so many aspects of the hospital stay and postpartum course," said study author Dr. Ian Paul, a professor of pediatrics and public health sciences at the Penn State College of Medicine, in Hershey, Penn. "Childbirth tends not to be a depressing situation for a majority of women, but it is anxiety-provoking, especially for first-time moms." The study ... Read more
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Childhood Bullying Can Leave Lifelong Scars
Posted 20 Feb 2013 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 20 – Children who are bullied often carry the scars of their experience into adulthood and suffer from anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts, a new study indicates. Even bullies themselves are at risk for psychological problems when they grow up, the researchers added. And children who have been both perpetrator and victim suffer the worst as adults. "There has been a lot of research into how bullying affects children short-term. We followed kids into their early 20s to see if there was any kind of lasting effects of having been bullied," said study author William Copeland, an assistant clinical professor in the department of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University in Durham, N.C. "We found kids that had been just bullied in childhood seemed to be at an elevated risk for a number of different anxiety disorders when they were adults," he said. "Kids ... Read more
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Jaw Pain Disorder Tied to Anxiety, Depression
Posted 23 Jan 2013 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 23 – There's a link between depression and anxiety symptoms and temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder pain, a condition that affects the jaw, according to a new study. TMJ disorders affect the muscles and joints that connect your lower jaw to the skull. This study by German researchers included more than 4,000 patients who underwent medical and oral health examinations and TMJ pain assessments, and completed a psychiatric risk factor questionnaire. The researchers found that depressive symptoms were more strongly related to TMJ pain than to muscle pain, while anxiety symptoms were linked with muscle pain. The findings were published in a recent online issue of The Journal of Pain. TMJ pain may be a physical symptom of depression or anxiety, according to the researchers. They explained that these mental health conditions could lead to increased activity in the jaw ... Read more
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Keeping Sexuality Secret Takes Mental Toll on Bisexual Men
Posted 4 Jan 2013 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Jan. 4 – Bisexual men have higher rates of mental health problems than gay men do, and new research suggests that this burden might stem from their desire to keep their sexual relationships with men secret. Researchers evaluated the mental health of more than 200 bisexual men in the New York City area who were on the down-low, meaning they were married to or in a relationship with a woman and had had sex with a man in the past year. None of the men had told their female partner about their same-sex relationship. The study found that men who wanted to conceal their sex with other men and were afraid of people finding out were more likely to experience depression and anxiety and lack positive feelings. Men who had disclosed their bisexual behavior to someone other than their partner, like a close friend, were not less likely to suffer one of these mental health problems. The ... Read more
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Parents' Social Anxiety May Raise Kids' Risk for Anxiety Disorder
Posted 7 Nov 2012 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 7 – Parental social anxiety should be considered a risk factor for childhood anxiety, according to researchers. In a new study, researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center found that kids with parents who have social anxiety disorder – the most common form of anxiety – are at greater risk for developing an anxiety disorder than kids whose parents have other forms of anxiety. The study revealed that the parental behaviors that contributed to children's anxiety included a lack of warmth and affection as well as high levels of criticism and doubt. "There is a broad range of anxiety disorders, so what we did was home in on social anxiety, and we found that anxiety-promoting parental behaviors may be unique to the parent's diagnosis and not necessarily common to all those with anxiety," the study's senior investigator, Golda Ginsburg, professor of child and adolescent ... Read more
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Docs Make Push to Lower Kids' Pain, Stress in ER
Posted 30 Oct 2012 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, Oct. 29 – A trip to the emergency room often means a child is in pain, and it's a near certainty that the visit will also be fraught with anxiety. That's why the American Academy of Pediatrics has issued a new report emphasizing the importance of controlling pain and anxiety in children who need emergency medical treatment. "There are a lot of modalities for reducing pain in children, and we're doing a lot better in terms of kids' pain than we used to," said report author Dr. Joel Fein, an attending physician in the emergency department at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Parents should advocate for the children for pain and anxiety management" if they feel they aren't getting adequate control, said Fein, who also is a professor of pediatrics and emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine. The new report was published online Oct. ... Read more
More Evidence Linking Creativity, Mental Illness
Posted 17 Oct 2012 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 17 – A large new study adds to evidence linking creativity and mental illness. The findings also suggest that to safeguard the positive traits associated with mental illness, new approaches to treatment might be considered, the researchers said. The investigators looked at long-term data from nearly 1.2 million Swedish psychiatric patients and their relatives, and found that bipolar disorder was more common among people with artistic or scientific professions, such as dancers, photographers, authors and researchers. They also found that schizophrenia, in particular, as well as depression, anxiety disorders and substance abuse were more common among writers. Authors were also 50 percent more likely to commit suicide than people in the general population. In addition, the Karolinska Institute researchers found that the relatives of patients with schizophrenia, bipolar ... Read more
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Humanitarian Work May Raise Risk of Anxiety, Depression
Posted 5 Oct 2012 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, Oct. 5 – Humanitarian aid workers are at increased risk for mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, both while in the field and after they return home, researchers say. The workers' employers, however, can take steps to reduce this risk, according to a new report. For the study, the investigators surveyed more than 200 international humanitarian aid workers at 19 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and found that nearly 4 percent had symptoms of anxiety and more than 10 percent had symptoms of depression before they were deployed. Those rates are about the same as in the general population. After deployment, nearly 12 percent of the aid workers had anxiety and about 19 percent had depression. Three to six months after arriving home, the rate of anxiety fell to less than 8 percent but the rate of depression increased to over 20 percent. Readjusting to life at ... Read more
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Psych, Sleep Meds May Affect Driving
Posted 13 Sep 2012 by Drugs.com
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 12 – People who take medication for anxiety, depression or insomnia may be at greater risk of having a car accident than drivers not taking psychotropic drugs, according to a new study. Noting that these drugs alter brain functioning and could impair driving ability, researchers from Taiwan said doctors should think about advising patients not to drive while taking these medications. "Our findings underscore that people taking these psychotropic drugs should pay increased attention to their driving performance in order to prevent motor vehicle accidents," said the study's lead researcher, Hui-Ju Tsai, who is based at the National Health Research Institutes in Zhunan. In conducting the study, the researchers compared drug use in nearly 5,200 people involved in major car accidents with that of more than 31,000 similar people with no record of serious accidents. The ... Read more
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Even Mild Depression, Anxiety Hurts the Heart: Study
Posted 31 Jul 2012 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, July 31 – Even mild depression or anxiety may raise your risk of dying from cardiovascular disease and other causes, according to British researchers. And the greater the level of psychological distress, the higher the odds of death from heart disease, the researchers say. "The fact that an increased risk of mortality was evident, even at low levels of psychological distress, should prompt research into whether treatment of these very common, minor symptoms can reduce this increased risk of death," said lead researcher Tom Russ, a clinical research fellow at the Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Center of the University of Edinburgh. For the study, published online July 31 in BMJ, Russ and colleagues analyzed 10 studies of men and women enrolled in the Health Survey for England from 1994 to 2004. Data on more than 68,000 adults aged 35 and older was included overall. Each ... Read more
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Anxiety, Depression May Raise Stroke Risk
Posted 18 Jun 2012 by Drugs.com
MONDAY, June 18 – People suffering from anxiety, depression, sleeplessness or other forms of psychological distress are at greater risk of death from a stroke, according to a new study. Researchers from University College London pointed out that psychological distress affects about 15 percent to 20 percent of the general population. Previous research has linked these common mental conditions with coronary artery disease, but an association with stroke and other cardiovascular diseases has not been established, they said. The researchers examined information from a study of 68,652 adults who participated in the Health Survey for England. The vast majority of participants were white, 45 percent were men and the average was about 55. Nearly 15 percent of the people questioned said they were affected by psychological distress, most of them women. Those who reported having psychological ... Read more
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More Mental Health Care Urged for Kids Who Self-Harm
Posted 25 May 2012 by Drugs.com
FRIDAY, May 25 – Doctors have long known that some kids suffering severe emotional turmoil find relief in physical pain – cutting or burning or sticking themselves with pins to achieve a form of release. But researchers now are questioning whether enough is being done to reach out to these young people and help them before they do themselves irreparable damage. One study this year found that six of every 10 adolescents who went to an emergency room for treatment after harming themselves were released without receiving a mental health assessment or any follow-up mental health care. The findings were reported in the February issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. "Most young people who self-harm suffer from some underlying psychological disorder," said Jeffrey Bridge, a researcher with the Center for Innovation in Pediatric Practice at Nationwide ... Read more
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Spider-Phobes May Get Quick Relief
Posted 22 May 2012 by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, May 22 – 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. The lasting changes in the brain's response to fear after short-term therapy seen in this study offer new directions for treating other phobias and anxiety disorders, the researchers said. "Before treatment, some of these participants wouldn't walk on grass for fear of spiders or would stay out of their home ... for days if they thought a spider was present," lead author Katherina Hauner, a postdoctoral fellow in neurology, said in a university news release. "But after a two- or three-hour treatment, they were ... Read more
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