Tag: anxiety
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Worries about depressed men and IVF are unfounded
New study reveals no correlation between anxiety, regardless of antidepressant use, and IVF outcomes or live birth rate.
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You think you’re fighting your anxiety, but you’re making it worse
An emotion many avoid and view as an illness may actually help us thrive, psychologist David Rosmarin says.
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Level of cannabis use could determine post-op outcomes
Researchers found that surgical patients with a diagnosed cannabis use disorder more often required advanced postprocedural health care — such as admission to an intensive care unit — compared to non-users.
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More mindfulness may be part of the answer for anxiety-ridden U.S.
Researcher hopes findings signal new treatment option amid surge in mental health cases.
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Psychological, not physical factors linked to long COVID
Depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness measured before infection with COVID-19 were associated with up to 45 percent increased risk of developing long COVID.
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Feeling more anxious and stressed? You’re not alone
Uncertainty, unemployment, and ill health are combining to feed a rise in concern about America’s mental health as people shelter from the coronavirus and each other, a Harvard Chan School psychiatric epidemiologist said Thursday.
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Run, Jenny, run!
A Harvard physics professor spends a sabbatical trying to break the world record for fastest trans-America run.
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Soldiers’ songs of pain — but also healing
A project to write songs using individual soldiers’ combat experiences appears to help them overcome haunting memories of war, lessening the impact of trauma held too close for too long.
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Shelter for the psyche
Harvard psychiatrist Jacqueline Olds offers some tips for coping with the snow and the dark days of winter.
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When depression and anxiety loom
Two new books from Harvard Health Publications are aimed at people who have more than normal levels of anxiety and depression but fall short of clinical definitions.
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Giving phobias a rest
A Harvard-led research team has found that exposure therapy for irrational fear of spiders seems to be more effective if it is followed by sleep, according to a recent study in the Journal of Psychiatric Research.
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Researchers look at antidepressants and risk of suicide among kids
Which is more likely to push a depressed child to suicide: not taking antidepressant drugs or taking antidepressant drugs? Medical experts have struggled with this question at least since 1990 when Harvard researchers reported that six people developed suicidal feelings soon after taking Prozac (fluoxetine). This was the first of the now widely prescribed serotonin…