Tag: anxiety

Study examines effect of COVID-19 on OCD in children and young people

From the Aarhus University press release: Many children and young people with obsessive thoughts and compulsions experience that their OCD, anxiety and depressive symptoms worsen during a crisis such as… Read more »

Study suggests noradrenaline helps us adapt to an uncertain future

From the University of Cambridge press release: A brain chemical called noradrenaline is responsible for our responses to uncertain situations – helping us to learn quickly and adapt our behaviour,… Read more »

Study suggests benefits to mental health and sleep for the physically active

From the Norwegian University of Science and Technology press release: In the middle of the pandemic this spring, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) conducted a… Read more »

Study suggests new clues about the link between stress and depression

From the Karolinska Institutet press release: Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a protein in the brain that is important both for the function of the mood-regulating substance… Read more »

Study suggests job security, finances strongly related to increased anxiety during pandemic

From the University of Connecticut press release: In mid-April 2020, the national unemployment rate reached 14.7 percent — the highest since the Great Depression. Forty-one million American workers filed for… Read more »