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News: February 14, 2012
1 in 5 U.S. Adults Suffers Mental Ills: Report
THURSDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 46 million American adults have had a mental illness in the past year, a new government report shows. Almost 30 percent of those aged 18 to 25 experienced a mental illness, twice as many as those aged 5...
Music May Ease Anxiety, Pain in Prostate Biopsy Patients
THURSDAY, Jan. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Listening to music on headphones can help reduce the pain and anxiety experienced by a man as he undergoes a prostate biopsy, new research suggests. The study by researchers at Duke Cancer Institute included 8...
Even Today, the Stigma of Mental Illness Won't Fade
THURSDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- People with a mental illness struggle with symptoms ranging from crushing depression and crippling anxiety to powerful delusions and hallucinations that force them to actively sort out the real from the imagin...
Surviving Holiday Parties When You Have Social Anxiety
SUNDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Socializing is a major part of the holiday season, but many people find it difficult. If you suffer anxiety or feel tongue-tied at festive gatherings, here are some helpful tips from Martin Antony, a psychology ...
Virginia Man Won't Let His Mental Illness Define Him
THURSDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Loren Booda experienced his first psychotic break when he was 19 years old. Then a sophomore studying physics at an Ivy League university, Booda had struggled with feelings of anxiety and depression for years....
One in 12 Teens Engages in Self-Harm: Report
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- One in 12 teens deliberately harm themselves, but 90 percent give up the behavior by the time they're young adults, a new study shows. Self-harm, which includes cutting and burning, is one of the strongest pr...
Gene Linked to Separation Anxiety
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists who identified a gene linked to separation anxiety say their finding could lead to more targeted treatments for anxiety disorders. The researchers assessed separation anxiety in children with two r...
Shock Fear May Curb Sex for People With Heart Devices
MONDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- For people with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, the life-saving device may come at a cost: Fear of it firing a shock to the heart during sex drives some to avoid lovemaking altogether. Implantable cardi...
Negative Anti-Smoking Ads Turn Off Anxious Viewers
FRIDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Certain types of anti-smoking ads may not be effective for young adult smokers who are generally anxious, according to a new study. University of Georgia researchers found that these smokers tend to tune out ant...
Afraid to Do the Math?
THURSDAY, Oct. 20 (HealthDay News) -- The key to easing math anxiety may be less about improving calculation skills and more about controlling negative emotions that make it difficult to focus on doing the work, new research suggests. The study fo...
Social Phobia in Teens Goes Beyond Shyness
MONDAY, Oct. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Social phobia is not simply shyness that has been exaggerated by psychiatrists and drug makers, according to a new study that compared rates of shyness and social phobia among American teens. Social phobia, also...
Why Johnny Won't Go to School
THURSDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- The symptoms aren't often alarming: headache, stomachache, fatigue. But they tend to come on weekdays, specifically when your child should be heading off to school. Psychologists call it school avoidance, and ...
Direct-to-Consumer Gene Tests Cause Little Anxiety: Study
TUESDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- With private companies marketing genetic tests -- which measure people's risk for certain diseases -- directly to patients, concerns have risen about people's ability to handle that information on their own. Al...
For Many Americans, 9/11 Worries Still Dominate
FRIDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDay News) -- Almost half of all the U.S. adults who experienced physical or psychological problems in the months following the 9/11 terrorist attacks still struggle with feelings of fear and anxiety 10 years later, a new Har...
When Protecting Baby Becomes an Obsession
THURSDAY, Sept. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Many new mothers feel a bit anxious about caring for their infant. But sometimes that concern develops into an obsession over all the things that can go wrong. Experts call that condition postpartum obsessive ...
Parents Can Ease Back-to-School Stress
THURSDAY, Aug. 25 (HealthDay News) -- For kids, the end of summer means an abrupt end to staying up late and sleeping until noon: It also signals the beginning of brand new challenges and perhaps a case of the back-to-school jitters. Whether your ...
Mental Illness Affects Women, Men Differently, Study Finds
TUESDAY, Aug. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Certain types of mental illnesses affect either men or women more often, a new study indicates. Men are more likely to be diagnosed with substance abuse or antisocial disorders while women are more likely to de...
Music Eases Cancer Patients' Anxiety: Study
FRIDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Listening to music or having sessions with trained music therapists can help ease cancer patients' anxiety, researchers say. Music may also have positive effects on their mood, pain and quality of life, accordin...
From the Couch to the Computer: A New Take on Therapy
FRIDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Texting, webcams and instant chat might seem like innovations best suited to passing along teenage gossip, but medical researchers are discovering their usefulness in helping people with psychological disorders....
Parenting Style May Affect Child's Mental Health
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Matching your parenting style to your child's personality can greatly reduce the youngster's risk of depression and anxiety, researchers say. The three-year study of 214 children and their mothers revealed tha...
Training in Positive Thinking May Help Anxious Teens
THURSDAY, July 14 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that training kids in a positive thinking style about interactions with other people could help them overcome anxiety and prevent such problems from lingering into adulthood. Researchers ...
Anxiety, Depression in Pregnancy May Raise Kids' Asthma Risk
FRIDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- Children of women who experience anxiety and depression during pregnancy may be at greater risk for asthma, according to new research. The study of 279 inner-city black and Hispanic women adds weight to research ...
City Living Tied to More Anxiety, Mood Disorders
WEDNESDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- People who are born and raised in cities have a greater lifetime risk for anxiety and mood disorders due to the impact that city living appears to have on two brain regions that regulate emotion and stress, a...
Treatment for Abuse of Anti-Anxiety Drugs Tripled Over 10 Years
THURSDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Admissions for treatment of benzodiazepine abuse nearly tripled in the United States between 1998 and 2008, while overall admissions for substance abuse rose only 11 percent, according to a government study rel...
Therapy Dogs May Help Ease Anxiety of MRI
FRIDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) -- Therapy dogs can help ease patients' anxiety before they have an MRI scan, researchers have found. Worry is common among patients having an MRI. This unease can lead to poor image quality because patients may move...
Bin Laden's Death Brings Comfort, but Not an End to Anxieties
MONDAY, May 2 (HealthDay News) -- The long-awaited demise of the world's most wanted man, 9/11 terror mastermind Osama bin Laden, comes as a welcome relief to most Americans. But the pain, the sense of loss, the burden of sorrow, and nagging anxie...
Anxiety's on the Menu for People With Food Allergies
TUESDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) -- Every time her teenage daughter Jordyn leaves the house, Nancy Geller worries about the food her daughter might choose to eat. Jordyn has a severe peanut allergy, and exposure to even a small amount of a peanu...
Mexican Immigrants to U.S. Prone to Depression, Anxiety Disorders
WEDNESDAY, April 6 (HealthDay News) -- Young adult Mexican migrants in the United States are much more likely to suffer depression and anxiety disorders than family members of migrants who remain in Mexico, a new study finds. Researchers compared ...
'Talk Therapy' Can Alter Brain Activity, Research Shows
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Psychotherapy triggers changes in the brains of people with social anxiety disorder, finds a new study. Medication and psychotherapy are used to treat people with social anxiety, a common disorder in which pe...
Video Game 'Addiction' Tied to Depression, Anxiety in Kids
MONDAY, Jan. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Video game addiction among children and teens may lead to the development of psychological disorders such as depression, researchers say. The new study found that children who are more likely to become addicted ...
Write Your Test Stress Away
THURSDAY, Jan. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Whether it's winter mid-terms or the upcoming SAT that's got your teen's stomach tied up in knots, a simple intervention might ease their anxiety and improve their scores. New research, published in the Jan. 1...
Depression, Anxiety May Raise Surgery Risks
TUESDAY, Oct. 19 (HealthDay News) -- People with depression and anxiety have a slightly increased risk of death after undergoing surgery, a new study suggests. U.S. researchers analyzed data from 35,539 surgical patients admitted to intensive care...
Pessimistic Pooches May Be Prone to Separation Anxiety
MONDAY, Oct. 11 (HealthDay News) -- If you want to leave your dog home alone without having to worry about chewed furniture or never-ending barking, you'd better hope your dog knows how to look at the sunny side of life. Dogs that showed pessimist...
'Self-Embedding' Takes Teen Self-Injury to the Extreme
TUESDAY, Sept. 7 (HealthDay News) -- The 16-year-old went to the emergency room because of a painful infection in her arm. When doctors used ultrasound on the area, they were shocked to see about 20 foreign objects under her skin, including a pape...
New College Students Urged to Confront Their Social Anxiety
SATURDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety can be a problem for some college and university freshmen, but there are a number of ways they can cope with new experiences and challenges, an expert suggests. The first step is to get to know your an...
Some Fake ADHD to Get Meds, Special Treatment
FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) -- While attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a real and pervasive condition, new research suggests there is a cluster of kids and adults who successfully fake the condition either to get drugs or gai...
College Campuses See Rise in Cases of Severe Mental Illness
THURSDAY, Aug. 12 (HealthDay News) -- More cases of severe mental illness are being reported among college students than a decade ago, as more young people with mental health issues tackle a post-secondary education and are open to getting help wh...
Brain Research May Help Predict Anxiety, Depression in Young
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Brain regions that may play a role in the development of childhood anxiety have been pinpointed by U.S. researchers. The findings could lead to new methods of early detection and treatment for at-risk childre...
Mood Disorders Going Undetected in U.S. Children
TUESDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- American kids who suffer from anxiety or depression may not be getting the help they need. Mental health experts say the reasons are complicated, but fixable.
Anxiety Disorders, Heart Disease a Bad Combination: Study
TUESDAY, July 6 (HealthDay News) -- Anxiety disorders may increase the risk of heart attack, stroke, heart failure and death in people with heart disease, a new Dutch study suggests. The research included over 1,000 people with stable coronary hea...
Coffee's Jolt Just an Illusion?
WEDNESDAY, June 2 (HealthDay News) -- If you shudder at the thought of having to start the day without a cup of coffee, new research hints at why you may feel this way. Regular coffee drinkers seem to need caffeine to return to their normal state ...
Major Depression Often Follows Brain Injury
TUESDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- People who are hospitalized for a traumatic brain injury face an almost eight-fold higher risk of also suffering major depression. That's the finding of a team led by Charles H. Bombardier, professor of rehabili...
Recordings of Pre-Surgery Meetings Ease Anxieties
TUESDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- Giving people slated for heart surgery recordings of their pre-surgery consultations not only increased their knowledge about the procedure and their health but reduced their anxiety and depression as well, a ...
Acupuncture May Ease Anxiety Over Dental Work
MONDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- Fear of the dentist keeps many people from getting the dental care they need, but new research suggests that an ancient Chinese treatment -- acupuncture -- may provide quick relief. One in 20 people suffer from...
Music Soothes Anxiety as Well as Massage Does
FRIDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Massage can reduce anxiety, but no better than a cheaper approach -- simply relaxing while listening to soft, soothing music. A new study shows that patients, on average, had half the symptoms of anxiety three ...
Survey May Help Docs Diagnose Mood Disorders
TUESDAY, March 9 (HealthDay News) -- A single-page questionnaire can help primary-care doctors screen patients for common psychiatric illnesses, U.S. researchers report. Called My Mood Monitor (M-3), the checklist includes 27 questions designed to...
Anxiety Disorder Patients Process Emotions Differently
THURSDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- For those with the common mental illness known as generalized anxiety disorder, a new study has found that the brain processes emotions in abnormal ways. The study authors say the research could provide new in...
Financial Woes Add Anxiety to Breast Cancer Diagnosis
MONDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Financial pressure puts low- and medium-income women at particularly high risk for anxiety and depression after being diagnosed with the noninvasive breast cancer ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a U.S. study has...
Teen Marijuana Use Might Have Lasting Effects on Mood, Anxiety
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Marijuana use among teens may trigger neurological changes in the developing brain that lead to increased anxiety and stress levels that could persist into adulthood, new animal research suggests. Although th...
Half of U.S. Kids With Mental Issues Are Getting Help
MONDAY, Dec. 14 (HealthDay News) -- A little over half of the children in the United States who have mental problems, including attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, get professional help, federal health officials report. However, "you could l...
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