Anxiety

Parents whose children are being evaluated for peanut and other food allergies may be anxious during testing, but deep breathing may help them cope, report a pair of studies published in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.

Data show that people who survived COVID-19 were more likely to report symptoms of anxiety, depression or both compared with those who did not have a history of the disease.

Mental health and psychosocial well-being are associated with achieving sustained rheumatoid arthritis remission and treatment response, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Biological rhythm factors unrelated to sleep influenced severity of symptoms of depression and anxiety for the period around childbirth, per a Canadian longitudinal study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.

As the title of this commentary states, music is considered the universal language. The reason is that it exists in every society, with and without words.

Miscarriage is more than a physical event, often requiring mental health care beyond the OB/GYN office. Yet multiple factors may discourage women from seeking the help they need and finding hope beyond their loss.

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company Mind Medicine Inc. announced the FDA cleared its investigational new drug application to proceed with a phase 2b dose-optimization of MM-120 for treating generalized anxiety disorder.

Higher levels of anxiety were linked to increases in cardiometabolic risk biomarkers over time in men, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

COVID-19 diagnosis did not appear linked to a significant increase in depression and anxiety disorder incidence compared with diagnosis of acute upper respiratory infections, according to a retrospective cohort study conducted in Germany.

The FDA granted breakthrough device designation to BNT200.