Coping/Phobias

Credit: Ace Africa A first-of-its-kind clinical trial involving more than 600 children in Kenya and Tanzania, in which community members were trained to deliver mental health treatment, showed improvement in participants'…

New study documents lack of screening for depression and need to better educate healthcare providers on women's mental health issues during the menopause transition CLEVELAND, Ohio (January 21, 2020)--Almost 40% of women experience…

Credit: NTU Singapore A study of families in Singapore with terminally ill children found that parents tend to defer discussing their psychological pain with their spouses to protect them from emotional distress. The study,…

When you expect a really bad experience to happen and then it doesn't, it's a distinctly positive feeling. A new study of fear extinction training in mice may suggest why: The findings not only identify the exact population of brain cells…

Modern tools to improve interpersonal communication may be having the opposite effect Experts in the Japanese phenomena of hikikomori say the condition of extreme social isolation is more widespread than previously acknowledged, and it…

A massive genomewide analysis of approximately 200,000 military veterans has identified six genetic variants linked to anxiety, researchers from Yale and colleagues at other institutions report Jan. 7 in the American Journal of…

Credit: NTU Singapore Most (93 per cent) mobile apps for suicide prevention and depression management do not provide all the six suicide prevention strategies that are commonly recommended in international clinical guidelines, a…

A study found that anxiety sensitivity may hamper physical activity participation in women with migraine London, UK: A recent study published in the journal Cephalalgia, the official journal of the International Headache Society,…

Disease proceeds along two independent tracks, suggesting new treatment approachesCredit: ER24 EMS Ltd. Most people who experience severe trauma recover their health. But 23 percent develop PTSD, a difficult-to-treat illness that…

LAWRENCE -- If you're prone to depression, this holiday season you might want to say "bah humbug" to offers of sugar plum pudding, caramel corn and chocolate babka. A new study from a team of clinical psychologists at the University of…