Anxiety Disorders
Cases That Test Your Skills
Increased anxiety and depression after menstruation
Ms. C, age 29, has bipolar disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Her anxiety and depressive symptoms worsen each month after menstruating....
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Two cups of coffee increase heart dangers with hypertension
Too much coffee may raise blood pressure and lead to anxiety, heart palpitations, and difficulty sleeping.
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What’s new in brain health?
A new study shows that nonmedical treatment is effective in people with frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headache.
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‘Sighing’ tops mindfulness for reduced stress, improved mood
Controlled breathwork has emerged as a potential tool to manage stress and boost well-being.
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Mental health system failing kids leaving ED
Fewer than one-third had an outpatient visit within a week. Editorialists call for a “child mental health moonshot.”
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TMS tied to ‘marked’ antidepressant, anxiolytic effects in anxious depression
“TMS is quite effective in the more difficult-to-treat and more disabled group of anxious depressives,” said Dr. Scott Aaronson.
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Primary care providers are increasingly addressing mental health concerns
A new study’s findings point to a sizable gap in psychiatric care.
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Psychiatric illnesses share common brain network
The findings highlight the possibility of “potentially developing transdiagnostic treatments based on common neurobiology, not just symptom...
Cases That Test Your Skills
Subtle cognitive decline in a patient with depression and anxiety
After several months of subtle cognitive decline, Mr. M, age 53, has a panic attack and presents to the ED. He has a history of major depressive...
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More on psilocybin
I would like to remark on “Psychedelics for treating psychiatric disorders: Are they safe?” (Current Psychiatry, December 2022, p. 14-22, doi:10....
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Anxiety sensitivity fuels depression in dissociative identity disorder
Patients’ fear of cognitive anxiety symptoms contributes to dissociation through depression.