The Welsh cancer charity Tenovus and Cardiff University, both based in the UK, have reported that participation in a choir improves a number of quality of life factors for cancer survivors and their carers. Check the end of this report for a link to download a free copy of the original study.
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Transdiagnostic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Is More Efficient And Effective In The Treatment Of Anxiety Disorders
Whether it is a phobia like a fear of flying, public speaking or spiders, or a diagnosis such as obsessive compulsive disorder, new research finds patients suffering from anxiety disorders showed the most improvement when treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in conjunction with a “transdiagnostic” approach – a model that allows therapists to apply one […]
Mindfulness-Based Psychological Therapy Reduces Anxiety And Depression In Cancer Patients
An interdisciplinary research project carried out between Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences and Aarhus University Hospital and the Danish Cancer Society now shows that mindfulness can help cancer those patients suffering from anxiety and depression.
FMRI Brain Scans Show That Sleep Deprivation Can Lead To Higher Anticipatory Anxiety
New research shows that sleep loss markedly exaggerates the degree to which we anticipate impending emotional events, particularly among highly anxious people, who are especially vulnerable. Two common features of anxiety disorders are sleep loss and an amplification of emotional response. Results from the new study suggest that these features may not be independent of […]
Sigmund Freud’s Theory Of Unconscious Conflict Linked To Anxiety Symptoms
A link between unconscious conflicts and conscious anxiety disorder symptoms shown in new study, which lends empirical support to Freud’s key theories as well as to psychoanalysis.
Meditation Improves Emotional Behaviors In Teachers
Schoolteachers who underwent a short but intensive program of meditation were less depressed, anxious or stressed – and more compassionate and aware of others’ feelings, according to a UCSF-led study that blended ancient meditation practices with the most current scientific methods for regulating emotions.
Primary Care Doctors Fail To Recognize Many Anxiety Disorders
Primary care providers fail to recognize anxiety disorders in two-thirds of patients with symptoms, reports a new study in General Hospital Psychiatry. “Anxiety is a very common condition in general practice. Patients with physical health problems and other mental disorders often have anxiety,” says the study’s lead author Anna Fernandez, Ph.D., a psychologist and researcher […]
Girls Report More Mental Distress And Are Prescribed More Psychiatric Drugs Than Boys
More than 15 percent of Norwegian teenagers ages 15 to 16 reported “mental distress,” or symptoms of depression and anxiety, with significantly more girls reporting distress than boys, according to a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health. Girls with mental distress were also more likely than their male counterparts to be prescribed psychotropic […]
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