Anxiety
Benefits of treating perinatal anxiety disorders ‘greatly outweigh’ risks
Untreated perinatal anxiety disorders and related stress or depression among mothers pose risks to offspring, according to a presenter at Psych Congress.
Simultaneous benzodiazepine, SSRI initiation fairly common for anxiety
Simultaneous initiation of benzodiazepine and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor treatment was somewhat common among young adults with anxiety disorders, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Psychiatry.
Moms who breastfeed babies with food allergies may be more anxious, depressed
Women who altered their diets to breastfeed children with food allergies had more psychosocial symptoms affecting bonding with their babies than breastfeeding mothers who did not need to alter their diets, according to a study.
Music therapy, phone call from physician may relieve anxiety in patients undergoing IVF
As physicians attempt to mitigate anxiety in patients undergoing IVF, new research suggests that music therapy and personalized phone calls may relieve some distress.
Motivational interviewing may not increase youths’ mental health care use
Motivational interviewing during specialized pediatric consultations did not increase mental health care service use among adolescents and young adults with chronic medical conditions, according to a cluster randomized clinical trial.
Allergic disease, mental health conditions linked, but relationship likely not causal
Although there is a link between allergic disease and mental health, this relationship does not appear to be causal, according to a study published in Clinical & Experimental Allergy.
Anxiety, depression severity scores have fluctuated throughout COVID-19 pandemic
Average anxiety severity scores in the U.S. increased 13% between August 2020 and December 2020 and then decreased 26.8% from December 2020 to June, according to data published in MMWR.
Mindfulness app may help improve asthma symptoms, quality of life
A digital mindfulness intervention was feasible and associated with benefits in quality of life among adults with asthma, according to data published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine.
Depressed patients’ desire for culturally competent providers differs by race, ethnicity
People from historically underrepresented groups with depression symptoms more often expressed wanting a provider who shared or understood their culture, according to a retrospective, population-based, cross-sectional study in Lancet Psychiatry.
Childhood trauma seen as ‘social determinant of health’ in neurology
Patients with neurological conditions had an increased risk for adverse childhood experiences compared with the overall U.S. population, according to results of a cross-sectional study published in Neurology: Clinical Practice.