Anxiety

Prostate cancer among elderly men can lead to anxiety and depression. Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in elderly men, and even though medical advancements are allowing more men to live with a diagnosis of prostate cancer, depression and anxiety can still linger and affect treatment and recovery. Both depression and anxiety ...click here to read more

An active ingredient in magic mushrooms, psilocybin, has been shown to reduce anxiety and depression in cancer patients. The findings were presented at the annual meeting for the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Anxiety and depression may follow a diagnosis of life-threatening cancer, which can be debilitating for the patient. Previous findings from the 1960s and ...click here to read more

Researchers have found a part of the brain that links anxiety temperament with low social status. Anxiety can have negative consequences on a person’s social life because it affects their confidence to even their social standing. Those with high-anxiety can be overlooked and rejected, which psychologists coin as “social subordination.” Researchers have now pinpointed a ...click here to read more

Nationwide, approximately 3.5 million people suffer from the autism spectrum disorder Asperger’s syndrome, and experts say the profound effects can include depression, anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Back in 1944, an Austrian pediatrician by the name of Hans Asperger’s first discovered four children that had a lot of difficulty socializing. While they had normal levels of ...click here to read more

Many people have a fear of the dentist and new research found this can be combated with cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). CBT can help reduce the use of sedatives for those who have a dentist phobia. Anxiety and fear of the dentist are common but can affect a person’s life – they may avoid the ...click here to read more

Depression, anxiety and stress levels have been shown to increase the risk of death by liver disease. The findings come from the University of Edinburgh, and it’s the first study to identify a possible link between psychological distress and death resulting from various forms of liver disease. The researchers are still unsure as to the ...click here to read more

New research reveals that anxiety can aggravate asthma. Anxiety is characterized as having a fear of fear. Managing asthma can be much more difficult for those who also have anxiety, according to the recent study. The research comes from the University of Cincinnati. The researchers studied 101 college undergrads who had asthma. The study mimicked ...click here to read more

The holiday season, although a joyous time, can be difficult for someone with a social anxiety disorder, which can worsen anxiety, stress and depression. With the upcoming Thanksgiving festivities right around the corner (November 26th, in case you forgot), some of us are rushing around to get things done, while others are dreading the whole ...click here to read more

Depression, anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) increase the risk of sleepwalking. An estimated 3.6 percent of the adult population in the U.S. are prone to sleepwalking. Researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine have found a link between depression, anxiety and OCD as risk factors of sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is the “arousal of non-REM sleep,” ...click here to read more

Bruxism, which is essentially teeth grinding, has been linked to obstructive sleep apnea and evidence shows that stress and anxiety also play significant roles in this growing problem. If you grind, clench or gnash your teeth during the day or night you suffer from bruxism. Some people clench their teeth unconsciously. Clenching and teeth grinding ...click here to read more

A high-fat diet has been shown to create brain changes that can contribute to anxiety and depression. The latest findings, which were conducted on mice, revealed that an increase in body weight and high blood sugar as a result of a high-fat diet are linked with anxiety and depression. Senior author, Dr. Bruno Guiard, said, ...click here to read more

Depression, anxiety and mental disorders in teens increase chronic pain risk, according to new findings. The research comes from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and the University of Basel in Switzerland where they found that one in four teenagers with a mental disorder also experiences chronic pain. They also found that the mental disorder appeared prior to the ...click here to read more

A sedentary lifestyle – sitting – has been found to contribute to higher rates of anxiety and depression. Although once again we are stressing how bad prolonged sitting and a sedentary lifestyle is for your health, research continues to mount because we as a society continue to sit too much. When we are sitting we’re ...click here to read more

University of Toronto Scarborough and Rotman School of Management professors uncovered that anxiety in the workplace is linked with lower job performance and can be affected by relationships between co-workers. The team’s focus was on the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and found high levels of emotional exhaustion stem from job environment anxiety, which can ...click here to read more