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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
Amendments that restrict civil marriage rights of same-sex couples - such as Proposition 8 that recently passed in California - have led to higher levels of stress and anxiety among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults, as well as among their families of origin, according to several new studies to be published by the American Psychological Association.
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Postpartum Progress (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
The next time one of you tells me you feel like no one else has PPD but you, I'm going to point you toward this posting and remind you that women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders are EVERYWHERE. They're just not wearing a big sign around their necks to make it obvious. But trust me, they're all around you. You are definitely NOT alone. Just look at all the Warrior Moms writing about their...
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Medindia Health News (Free subscription) | 16/11/2008
A recent study conducted at the University of Granada has revealed that patients suffering from anxiety disorders often
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Shrink Rap (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
A doctoral thesis carried out at the University of Granada has proved that patients with serious anxiety disorders (panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder or generalized... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Postpartum Progress (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Lots of Warrior Moms out there bravely sharing their stories about perinatal mood and anxiety disorders. Here are two ... At Spoke in the Wheel, Melissa talks about her experience with depression during pregnancy, which we don't hear women talk about as much even though it's just as common as PPD ... The mom at Write Softly talks about all of her fears during postpartum depression and anxiety. I love...
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Drkevinskinner's Weblog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2008
Are you or a loved one struggling with anxiety? If so, you are certainly not alone. According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of American 40 million adults in the United States age 18 and older suffer from an anxiety disorder. This is the number one mental health issue we face today. Since this is such [...]
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Shrink Rap (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Treatment that combines a certain type of psychotherapy, developed by a Temple University psychologist, with an antidepressant medication is most likely to help children with anxiety disorders, but... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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World of Psychology (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
I hadn’t yet written about the New England Journal of Medicine study by Walkup and colleagues (2008) that found that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and Zoloft (sertraline) are an effective combination to help treat childhood anxiety disorders. The results are robust and the study was one of the best designed in recent years. CL Psych [...]
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The Glittering Eye (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
A study of treating anxiety disorder in children has found that sertraline, combined with cognitive behavior therapy, can help a lot of kids with serious problems: CHICAGO – A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy dramatically helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses in kids, the biggest study of its kind found. The [...]
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Dyslexia Tutor: News-Resources (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
other topics: click a “category” or use search box Some children and adolescents with disabling anxiety have been found most likely to recover when treated with a combination of talk therapy and an antidepressant medicine. So says the largest study to date of anxiety disorders in this age group. Benedict Carey’s article in the NY Times describes [...]
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DoughStreet.com (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Add one more piece of evidence to the long-running debate over antidepressants and kids: For kids between 7 and 17 with anxiety disorders, a combination of therapy and an antidepressant worked better than either treatment alone. Researchers followed 388 children and teenagers who were randomly assigned to receive one of four treatments: an antidepressant, 14 sessions [...]
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Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
A new study concluded that the combination of sertraline (Zoloft) and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) worked better than either treatment alone for children with anxiety disorders. There was even a nonsignificant trend for Zoloft to outperform CBT, which was quite surprising to me. But that's not really the point of this post. The study can be read at the New England Journal of Medicine website....
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses in kids, the biggest study of its kind found.
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Denver Post (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
A popular antidepressant plus three months of psychotherapy dramatically helped children with anxiety disorders, the most common psychiatric illnesses in children, the biggest study of its kind found.
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 31/10/2008
Researchers led by Johns Hopkins doctors have found that three popular treatments for childhood anxiety disorders are all effective, but that combining an antidepressant with behavioral therapy is the superior treatment.
