Anxiety

Teens and young adults who report vaping nicotine, marijuana or both are significantly more likely to experience anxiety and depression compared with never vapers, survey data show.

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with asthma who experienced intimate partner violence had higher predicted rates of uncontrolled asthma, according to an abstract presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

SAN ANTONIO — People with food allergy who also face food insecurity are at greater risk for a variety of mental health issues, according to survey data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Veterans with prolonged grief disorder had greater odds of also having PTSD, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety and suicidal thoughts and behaviors, according to data published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19 acute respiratory disease had poorer physical and mental health 1 year later, according to study results.

A virtual reality intervention designed to distract children undergoing a blood draw significantly improved pain and anxiety, highlighting the possibility for virtual reality interventions for other procedures, according to researchers.

A biotechnology company has announced it will begin two phase 2a clinical trials will begin this year to assess the effectiveness of oral allopregnanolone in social anxiety and postpartum depression, according to a press release.

Among patients with COVID-19 who visited EDs, those with both psychiatric and substance use disorders had greater odds of hospitalization compared with those with one or neither type of disorder, according to a study in JAMA Psychiatry.

Legislators must take mental health implications into account when writing abortion laws, psychiatrists wrote in a Viewpoint in JAMA Psychiatry.

Despite the potential for both allergic and nonallergic reactions, researchers did not find evidence for an association between levels of anxiety and oral immunotherapy treatment for peanut allergy in children, according to study results.