Anxiety News

ATLANTA — Younger women with a diagnosis of anxiety or depression are at markedly higher risk for developing conditions that increase CVD risk, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia and diabetes, researchers reported.

According to results published in Orthopedics, patients with vs. without psychiatric diagnoses, such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorder and schizophrenia, had similar clinical outcomes after fracture-related infection.

The risk for mental health conditions and self-harm or suicide was higher among partners and adult offspring of stroke survivors vs. the general population and family of myocardial infarction survivors, according to a study in Denmark.

Benzodiazepine use during early pregnancy was associated with almost 70% increased risk for miscarriage after accounting for measurable confounders, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Parents of children with cancer made mental health visits, including those for anxiety and depression, significantly more often than other parents, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.

Psychological distress about a cancer diagnosis may be associated with patients deliberately delaying the start of treatment, according to study findings.

Body dysmorphic disorder and appearance preoccupation were relatively common among youth, especially adolescent girls, according to a study published in Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the overall well-being of the health care workforce.

In patients with heart failure or coronary artery disease who also had anxiety and/or depression, treatment for their mental health condition was linked to better clinical outcomes, researchers reported.

Despite the high cure rate of localized cutaneous melanoma, many patients who undergo successful surgical resection experience severe anxiety and fear about the possibility of recurrence, according to findings published in JAMA Dermatology.