Anxiety Disorders
Opinion
When coping skills and parenting behavioral interventions ‘don’t work’
Coping skills and behavioral interventions do not immediately cure anxiety, mend broken hearts, correct disruptive behaviors, disentangle power...
From the Journals
Mechanical touch therapy device promising for anxiety
Study participants were on medications that weren’t effective and wanted to find a nondrug method of relieving their symptoms.
Latest News
New toolkit offers help for climate change anxiety
The toolkit includes three main sections that feature video clips and reflective questions around eco-anxiety, eco-paralysis, and ecological grief...
Evidence-Based Reviews
Psychodynamic factors in psychotropic prescribing
Being aware of these factors can enhance the therapeutic alliance and improve outcomes.
From the Journals
Virtual reality therapy promising for agoraphobia
Automated VR addresses the problem of patients being too afraid to leave home for in-person treatment and may also help address the shortage of...
Conference Coverage
Alcohol dependence drug the next antianxiety med?
“These results indicate that disulfiram can be used safely by elderly patients suffering from anxiety and insomnia and has the potential to become...
Conference Coverage
COVID-19 accelerated psychological problems for critical care clinicians
From the Journals
Mental illness tied to COVID-19 breakthrough infection
“Individuals with psychiatric disorders “should be prioritized for booster vaccinations and other critical preventive efforts.”
Latest News
USPSTF recommends for the first time that kids 8 and older get screened for anxiety
The task force also drafted recommendations on screening children 12 and older for depression but made no recommendations on screening for suicide...
Shrink Rap News
Has the anti-benzodiazepine backlash gone too far?
With respect to prescribing benzodiazepines, has the pendulum swung too far in the “just say no” direction?
Commentary
The importance of treating insomnia in psychiatric illness
Sleep disturbances can worsen symptoms of diagnosed mental illness, including substance abuse, mood and psychotic disorders.