Tag: anxiety

Study suggests children who have difficult relationships with their moms are clingy towards teachers

From the New York University press release: Children who experience “dependent” or clingy relationships with their preschool teachers tend to also have difficulties in their relationships with their mothers finds… Read more »

Study looks at personality traits of patients with social anxiety disorder

From the Uppsala University press release: Individuals with social anxiety disorder have markedly different personality traits than others. Emotional instability and introversion are hallmarks, according to a new study from… Read more »

Study suggests infant temperament predicts personality over 20 years later

From the NIH/National Institute of Mental Health press release: Researchers investigating how temperament shapes adult life-course outcomes have found that behavioral inhibition in infancy predicts a reserved, introverted personality at… Read more »

Study suggests natural mood regulation is low or even absent in people with depression

From the University of Oxford press release: Periods of lockdown during the COVID-19 situation likely to exacerbate problems with mood regulation, say experts at the University of Oxford. Mood varies… Read more »

Researchers develop new treatment for childhood anxiety that works by changing parent behaviour

From the Elsevier press release: A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP), published by Elsevier, reports that an entirely parent-based treatment, SPACE (Supportive… Read more »

Study suggests children’s mental health is affected by sleep duration

From the University of Warwick press release: Depression, anxiety, impulsive behaviour and poor cognitive performance in children is affected by the amount of sleep they have, researchers from the University… Read more »