Anxiety

Cognitive behavioral therapy delivered online appeared noninferior to CBT delivered in person for health anxiety, according to results of a randomized noninferiority clinical trial published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Music helped reduce anxiety and pain associated with endoscopic procedures in children, according to research from Digestive Disease Week.

A global pandemic can lead to anxiety and depression for healthy adults faced with a host of unknowns. For people with diabetes, underlying disease-related distress or mental health concerns can be further amplified by the stressors of financial strain from job loss, questions about access to insulin and other medications, disruptions to daily routines, and a lack of access to healthy foods.

Lifetime accumulation of affective symptoms appeared linked to an increased rate of mortality, according to study results published in JAMA Psychiatry. Researchers noted that explanatory pathways for this association are dependent on the duration and timing of symptoms.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many quarantine and social isolation measures designed to keep individuals physically distanced from others for the foreseeable future. Although these initiatives are necessary to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, they may be causing widespread mental health effects, including depression and loneliness, among younger and older individuals alike, according to experts.

The American Psychiatric Association sent a letter to CMS on Thursday requesting that it relax the video requirement for delivery of telepsychiatry services.

Personalized music may be a viable option for reducing perioperative anxiety in patients undergoing Mohs micrographic surgery, but more data are needed to determine its effects, according to a systematic review.

Health care workers in Wuhan and other regions of China reported experiencing psychological burden related to the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Network Open. Those in Wuhan, women, nurses and frontline health care workers directly engaged in the diagnosis, treatment and care of patients with COVID-19 were especially affected.

The growing number of adolescents receiving care for internalizing mental health problems and the increasing share receiving care in specialty outpatient settings have put new demands on specialty adolescent mental health treatment centers, according to results of a survey study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

Patients with hypertension and early postinfarction angina who underwent daily music therapy combined with the usual care reported less anxiety and chest pain than similar patients who received the usual care alone.