From the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT) press release via MedicalXpress: Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder are characterised by persistent thoughts and repetitive behaviours. A new study reveals that sufferers worry considerably more than…
From the UC Davis Health System press release via EurekAlert!: UC Davis researchers have found that for children with the genetic disorder known as chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, anxiety — but not intelligence — is…
From the University of Chicago press release by William Harms via ScienceDaily: Mathematics anxiety can prompt a response in the brain similar to when a person experiences physical pain, according to new research at the…
From the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center press release: Parents with social anxiety disorder are more likely than parents with other forms of anxiety to engage in behaviors that put their children at high risk for…
From the UC Davis press release: Parents consistently overestimate their children’s optimism and downplay their worries, according to new research by psychologists at the University of California, Davis, Center for Mind and Brain. The findings…
From the Penn State press release via EurekAlert!: Men and women who are expectant parents have different stress reactions to relationship conflict, according to researchers at Penn State, who studied couples expecting their first child.…
From the Clemson University press release via ScienceDaily: Researchers are exploring how specific online communication attitudes — such as individuals’ tendency for online self-disclosure, online social connection, and online anxiety — predicted their compulsive and…
From the University of Leicester press release via EurekAlert!: Mental health workers are more likely to be depressed or anxious when they experience discrimination from their managers than when it comes from patients, a study…
From the American Heart Association press release via ScienceDaily: Because depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are common among people with implanted cardioverter defibrillators, doctors and nurses should provide gender- and age-specific information on the…
From the University of Missouri press release by Kate McIntyre: One in 88 children has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…