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Anxiety And Panic Disorders

Immigrants And Mental Health
News - Anxiety
Black Caribbean immigrants now make up more than one-quarter of the Black population in New York City, Boston, Miami and other U.S. cities. But until now, little has been known about this growing segment of the increasingly diverse U.S. Black population.The current (January 2007) issue of the American Journal of Public Health highlights findings from a University of Michigan study that includes the first national probability sample of Blacks of Caribbean descent. [click link for full article]
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Wiley And ADAA Announce Partnership
News - Anxiety
Global publisher John Wiley & Sons, Inc., and the Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA) has announced a new agreement whereby Wiley's journal, Depression and Anxiety, becomes an official publication of ADAA, and complimentary subscriptions to the journal will be made available to the professional membership of ADAA. [click link for full article]
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Prior Information About Normal Test Results Can Help Reassure Patients
News - Anxiety
Giving patients prior information about diagnostic tests can help improve patient outcomes and give reassurance, says a new BMJ study.Providing reassurance is a large part of doctors' and other health professionals' roles. Yet many patients remain anxious about their condition even after the results of investigative tests come back 'normal' (i.e. the test does not reveal any particular problems). [click link for full article]
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New Review May Ease Worries Of People With Disabling Anxiety Disorder
News - Anxiety
People with generalized anxiety disorder worry about many things at a time to the point that it interferes with their day-to-day living. Now, a newly published review of studies suggests that a specific type of psychotherapy is effective in reducing symptoms."GAD is a very common and extremely disabling condition and psychological therapies are a popular and widely used treatment for anxiety disorders," said lead author Vivien Hunot, Ph.D. [click link for full article]
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Study On Fear Responses Suggests New Understanding Of Anxiety Disorders
News - Anxiety
A new study on rats has identified a part of the brain's cortex that controls learned but not innate fear responses.The results suggest that hyperactivity in a region of the prefrontal cortex might contribute to disorders of learned fear in humans, such as post-traumatic stress disorder and other anxiety disorders, say authors Kevin A. Corcoran, PhD, and Gregory Quirk, PhD, of the Ponce School of Medicine in Puerto Rico. [click link for full article]
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Psychosocial Factors Associated With Higher Levels Of Inflammatory Markers
News - Anxiety
Psychosocial factors, such as cynical distrust, chronic stress and depression, may be associated with higher levels of inflammatory markers measured in the blood, which in turn are related to an increased risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a report in the January 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. [click link for full article]
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Bioterrorism Alerts Induce Anxiety And May Pose Health Risk, Einstein Study Finds
News - Anxiety
In the wake of September 11, 2001, the government and the media have periodically alerted the American people to potential threats of bioterrorism. Now, a team of researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has found that such messages measurably raise anxiety levels, which could pose adverse health effects. [click link for full article]
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