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This randomized controlled trial compares two AI-delivered psychotherapy approaches—psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral therapy—for treating social anxiety disorder. The study evaluates the efficacy of automated therapy systems in delivering evidence-based interventions.
This study validates the GAD-7 anxiety scale in a Ukrainian sample of 1,101 adults during wartime, using confirmatory factor analysis and network analysis to examine how anxiety presents across age, gender, displacement status, and socioeconomic groups. Results show the scale maintains validity across most subgroups, though younger and older adults exhibit different central anxiety symptoms, with implications for tailored clinical interventions.
This experimental study transplanted fecal microbiota from patients with social anxiety disorder into antibiotic-treated mice and observed increased anxiety-like behaviors alongside altered gut microbial composition (enriched Bacteroidota, reduced butyrate producers) and metabolic changes. The findings provide mechanistic evidence for a gut-microbiota link in anxiety disorders, though results in animal models require validation in human studies before clinical application.
This study compared observable anxiety-related behaviors in older adults (mean age 67) versus younger adults (mean age 33), finding that older adults showed more overplanning and checking behaviors but less reassurance-seeking. Anxiety-related behaviors demonstrated similar associations with GAD symptoms across both age groups, suggesting behavioral assessment approaches are applicable to diagnosing anxiety disorders in older populations.
This case report describes outcomes in a patient with performance-only subtype social anxiety disorder treated with personalized repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (PrTMS) guided by spectral EEG analysis. Clinical improvements in social anxiety, avoidance, and mood were accompanied by changes in EEG spectral features (increased alpha, decreased delta power), suggesting PrTMS warrants further investigation as an adjunctive treatment, though large-scale randomized controlled trials are needed for validation.