Skip to main content

Anxiety and Stress News (Page 7)

Related terms: Stress, Acute Stress Reaction

Cold Water Plunges Might Offer Some Benefit

MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 – Cold showers or ice baths have become a trendy way to recuperate after a heavy-duty workout, but do they actually help? A new evidence review suggests there’s some science to b...

Maladaptive Cardiovascular Reactivity to Mental Stress Linked to Adverse Outcomes

MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 – A risk score derived from cardiovascular reactivity to mental stress improves prediction of adverse cardiovascular outcomes over traditional cardiovascular risk factors among...

Temperature Exposure Linked to Adolescent Psychiatric Symptoms

FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 – Exposure to cold in the Netherlands and to heat in Spain appears to be associated with more psychiatric symptoms among adolescents, according to a study published online Jan....

Calorie Labels Harmful For People With Eating Disorders

FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 – Calorie labels on restaurant menus are harming people with eating disorders, a new evidence review claims. These labels are meant to make it healthier to eat out at...

Crisis Services Haven't Adapted To New 988 Suicide Hotline

THURSDAY, Jan. 30, 2025 – Most community crisis services did not expand following the launch of the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, potentially blunting the effectiveness of the hotline, a new study...

AI Virtual Therapists Could Improve Mental Health Care, Studies Find

SUNDAY, Jan. 26, 2025 – Could a virtual avatar be the future of mental health care?   New research shows that artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR) goggles could revolutionize ...

Recent Decades Saw Rise in Sedative, Hypnotic, Anxiolytic Use Disorders

FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 – Diagnoses of sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic use disorders (SHA-UD) increased threefold to fivefold between 2001 and 2019 for adolescent and young adult U.S. Medicaid...

Higher Stroke Risk Among Children of Divorce

THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 – A broken home seems to set a ticking time bomb in the brains of some children of divorce. Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were...

Trump Issues Executive Order Withdrawing U.S. From WHO

WEDNESDAY, Jan. 22, 2025 – In one of his first presidential actions on Monday, President Trump issued an executive order withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization. The...

Job Protections Improve Mental Health Among LGBTQ+ Workers

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay New) – A landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision barring job discrimination significantly eased the minds of LGBTQ+ workers, a new study says. The court extended...

ADHD Diagnoses On The Rise Among Adults

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) diagnoses have increased among adults in recent years, while remaining stable among teenagers. ADHD diagnoses among adults...

Stressed-Out Surgeon? That's Good News for Patients!

TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 – Check out your surgeon as you’re wheeled into the operating room. Do they seem tense, on edge, or stressed out? If so, that could be good news for you, a new study says. The ...

Antipsychotics at Doses >75 mg a Day Linked to Risk for Tardive Dyskinesia

FRIDAY, Jan. 17, 2025 – Antipsychotics at doses >75 mg/day are associated with an increased risk for tardive dyskinesia (TD), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical...

Psychological Distress in Teen Years Tied to Later Economic Outcomes

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – Psychological distress in adolescence is tied to economic outcomes 10 years later, according to a study published online Jan. 16 in PLOS Medicine. Nathaniel Z. Counts,...

Many Health Care Providers With Psychopathology Are Not Seeking Care

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – More than one-quarter of U.S. health care providers reported meeting diagnostic criteria for psychopathology during the pandemic, but only 38 percent of these reported...

Ask a question

To post your own question to our community, sign in or create an account.

Further information

Related condition support groups

Anxiety

Related drug support groups

sertraline, Prozac, citalopram, amitriptyline, fluoxetine, Celexa, venlafaxine, Paxil, paroxetine, Luvox, valerian, fluvoxamine, prazosin