ADAA: Anxiety and Depression Association of America
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Long-term impact of childhood trauma explained
Those who experienced childhood trauma also have higher rates of other disorders, including asthma, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease.
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New hope for adult children with ‘failure to launch’ syndrome
The novel program focuses on reducing parents’ family accommodation, a descriptor for a child’s excessive dependence on their parents to help them...
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Strong need for eating disorder screening in patients with PTSD
Undiagnosed eating pathology may exacerbate functional impairment from PTSD.
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Psilocybin promising for body dysmorphic disorder
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) are the only approved therapies for BDD.
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Telehealth suicide prevention program safe, acceptable
Study participants reported the program was convenient and noted that it decreased the burden of traveling to sessions.
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Novel medication tied to better quality of life in major depression
Zuranolone represents the second entry in the new class of neuroactive steroid drugs, which modulate GABA-A receptor activity – but the first to...
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Progressive muscle relaxation outperforms mindfulness in reducing grief severity
Progressive muscle relaxation has a key advantage: It is quickly and easily learned, which may partially explain the study’s findings.
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High-intensity exercise helps patients with anxiety quit smoking
“We feel we have a targeted [smoking cessation] intervention to tailor to people with high anxiety sensitivity.”
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‘Staggeringly high’ rates of psychiatric symptoms after COVID-19
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Executive-function deficits a new treatment target for PTSD?
Research suggests executive-function deficits are a mechanism that maintains patients’ PTSD symptoms over the course of 1 year.
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Focus on early maladaptive schemas can reduce PTSD burden
Karina T. Loyo says schema-focused therapy can help PTSD patients let go of worldviews that reinforce suffering.
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Change in approach advised for treatment-resistant depression
WASHINGTON – Dr. Scott T. Aaronson supports a shift away from acute intervention and toward a more holistic approach.
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Adding CBT to substance use treatment may increase success
A new therapeutic approach uses combined techniques to help SUD patients.
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Ten-step trauma intervention offers help for foster families
WASHINGTON – A new intervention could give relief to the caregivers of foster children who are coping with trauma.
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Youth perfectionism: Too much of a good thing
Cognitive-behavioral therapy focusing on perfectionism can lead to remission of social anxiety, panic disorder, or other disorders.