Anxiety

In a new study conducted in the Netherlands, participants suffering from depression or anxiety were offered to choose between running therapy and taking antidepressant medication. Results showed that these two treatments had comparable effects on psychiatric symptoms, but that participants...

People with internalizing mental health disorders like anxiety and depression tend to experience more symptoms related to drinking alcohol, even if they drink the same amount as people without these disorders, according to new research published in the journal Alcohol:...

Research conducted during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns showed that women, students, and those reporting problems at home had a higher risk of anxiety. In addition, women, students, those having problems at home, people with less help from the outside, and...

A new study has found a relationship between ambient air pollution and the mental health of those living in the United Kingdom. The findings indicate that when individuals are exposed to air pollution, even below the standards for air quality...

Anxious individuals tend to have heightened blood pressure and sympathetic nerve activity, according to new research published in the American Journal of Physiology. The findings provide evidence of an important relationship between anxiety and autonomic blood pressure regulation.

People who feel anxious about certain types of thinking, such as creativity, math, or spatial reasoning, tend to be less interested in pursuing careers or activities that they believe involve that specific type of thinking, according to new research published...

A new study investigating origins of coulrophobia (or fear of clowns) found that uncertainty of harmful intent, media influences, and unpredictability of behavior play are key drivers of this fear. Various features of clowns’ appearance also produce a negative experience...

People with a more anxious disposition tend to be more willing to engage in actions intended to mitigate the impacts of climate change, according to new research published in Personality and Individual Differences. The new findings shed light on the...

Three experiments on university students and young people showed that having one's camera turned on during online classes increased social appearance anxiety and decreased learning. Participants who had a chance to view themselves on screen reported even higher social appearance...

A new experimental study found that heightened anxiety makes people more prone to believe in various claims they are exposed to and to share them on social media. This was especially true for Republicans and did not depend on the...

Individuals who seek information on social media more frequently tend to have lower knowledge about anxiety and exhibit an indiscriminate use of coping strategies, according to new research published in Psychology of Popular Media.

A large-scale study in the Netherlands found that older adults with poorer cognitive functioning tend to display symptoms of anxiety and anxiety-related disorders. The association was stronger for relatively younger study participants and those with type 2 diabetes. The study...

In seeking to understand the consequences of distorted thinking on social anxiety symptoms, researchers have found that those who experience positive interpretation biases experience improvement in their social anxiety symptoms after a 4-week period. This research offers insights into the...

A study of adults seeking treatment for anxiety and related disorders in Canada found that individuals who reported using cannabis more frequently had poorer outcomes of cognitive-behavior therapy compared persons who used cannabis less often or not at all. In...

People with and without anxiety disorders learn to fear a threat equally quickly, according to new research However, people with anxiety disorders tend to have a harder time learning to stop being afraid (when the threat is gone) compared to...