Anxiety

Psychological distress in women carrying fetuses with congenital heart disease, or CHD, is associated with impaired cerebellar and hippocampal development during the second half of gestation, according to results from a study published in JAMA Pediatrics.

As 2019 draws to a close, Healio Psychiatry has compiled a list of the top stories of the year for psychiatrists and other mental health professionals.

Prevalence of mental health diagnoses like anxiety and depression among veteran patients with IBD have increased since 2000, but the incidence has been cut nearly in half, according to study results.

Employer-sponsored behavioral health programs improved depression and anxiety among employees, according to a study results published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

SAN FRANCISCO — Open globe injuries are associated with an increased risk for anxiety and depression, according to a poster at the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery meeting.

A study found that dog owners had improved outcomes and a lowered risk for death after major cardiovascular events and another identified an association between the number of teeth a patients loses and their risk for developing cardiovascular disease.

With World Mental Health Day on Oct. 10, cardiologists should take the mental health of their patients into consideration, as a recent study published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that patients with anxiety, stress or depression who were participating in a cardiac rehabilitation program were more likely to drop out compared with those without the conditions.

Social factors, unemployment and a prior history of melanoma are associated with greater baseline cancer worry among a group of patients with skin cancers from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Sertraline led to decreased anxiety symptoms within 6 weeks, but its effect on depressive symptoms took longer to emerge, according to data published in Lancet Psychiatry.

Among military veterans, psychosis and bipolar disorder were more strongly linked to CVD events, such as MI and stroke and CVD mortality compared with other psychiatric diagnoses.