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Mashup Score: 0Gender Differences in the Neurobiology of Childhood Anxiety: The Need for a Developmental Perspective - 1 month(s) ago
Recent evidence suggests that many or most anxiety disorders emerge as a result of altered neurodevelopment. The median age at onset of anxiety disorders is between 6 and 12 years, and variation in brain function during childhood, infancy, and even near birth has been associated with risk for developing an anxiety disorder (1). While the specific brain alterations linked to risk for and expression of anxiety are varied and not completely understood, many models are centered on excessive amygdala activity
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Mashup Score: 17Can Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Normalize Neural Function in Youths With Pediatric Anxiety Disorders? A Developmental Neuroscience Perspective - 2 month(s) ago
The benefits of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) in the treamtent of pediatric anxiety disorders have been well documented in numerous randomized control trials (1), but the effects are moderate at best (2). Given the high rate of anxiety disorders, which typically emerge in childhood and adolescence, and the fact that a diagnosis of an anxiety disorder during adolescence is associated with an increased risk for depression and suicide (3), there is a critical need to improve th e efficacy of treatments
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Mashup Score: 29Scientists identify genetic anxiety 'switch' - 2 month(s) ago
Research from the University of Aberdeen has identified an area of DNA in the human genome that plays a role in controlling anxiety. In the study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, the team, led by Professor …
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Mashup Score: 3
This overview critically appraises the literature on the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders. The two established treatments for these conditions comprise cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) and antidepressant medications. Many youths receiving these treatments fail to achieve remission, which creates a need for new treatments. After summarizing the literature on CBT and currently available medications, the authors describe research that lays a foundation for improvements in the treatment of pediatric anxiety disorders. This foundation leverages neuroscientific investigations, also described in the overview, which provide insights on mechanisms of successful treatment.
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Mashup Score: 3Interactive Tool Helps Teens Curb Substance Abuse - 5 month(s) ago
An anonymous gift of $10 million is poised to significantly advance lung cancer research at Henry Ford Cancer. Sales of Tulloch’s Five-Five Signature Blend Coffee will benefit Game on Cancer’s mission. Henry Ford Health transplant patient helps pass law to prevent insurance companies from declining coverage or charging higher premiums for living organ donors. On Monday, Nov. 13, we hosted Mayor Mike Duggan at our cancer pavilion as he announced the number of Detroit residents working full-time jobs has
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Mashup Score: 32Rushing people with cognitive decline simply increases anxiety - 5 month(s) ago
It’s often best to let those experiencing cognitive decline continue to do tasks on their own even if it takes more time, columnist Carol Bradley Bursack explains.
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Mashup Score: 0Lets talk about health (stress) - 7 month(s) ago
In this video, Dr Sanjay Gupta, consultant cardiologist talks about how to reclaim your health by reducing your stress and anxiety levels. My name is Sanjay …
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Mashup Score: 2How Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Helps Relieve Anxiety - 7 month(s) ago
Tapping, also called emotional freedom technique (EFT), is a simple way to help relieve stress and anxiety.
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Mashup Score: 0Preventing Anxiety in the Children of Anxious Parents - ACAMH - 7 month(s) ago
In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Fiona Challacombe discusses her co-authored CAMH journal paper ‘Preventing anxiety in the children of anxious parents – feasibility of a brief, online, group intervention for parents of one- to three-year-olds’.
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Mashup Score: 0Repetitive primary care screenings may miss depression and anxiety - 7 month(s) ago
Screening for anxiety and depression at regular intervals rather than each clinical encounter could improve reliability.
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In an AJP Editorial, Joan Luby + @ChadMSylvester @WUSTLmed discuss the need for a developmental perspective on gender differences in the neurobiology of childhood #anxiety https://t.co/gxCv4vjTVT https://t.co/14knPXmmSa