Îngrijorare excesivă, tensiune, atacuri de panică.
73 de articoleThis 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.
A pilot randomized controlled trial examined whether metacognitive therapy (MCT), which targets anxiety-sustaining thought patterns, improves emotional distress tolerance and medication adherence in adults with generalized anxiety disorder. Patients receiving eight weekly MCT sessions showed significantly greater improvements in distress tolerance compared to a waitlist control group.
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 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.
This pilot study examined the feasibility and effectiveness of imagery rescripting, a psychotherapy technique, in 18 individuals with generalized anxiety disorder using 10 weekly sessions. Treatment produced large symptom reductions on standardized measures (worry, anxiety, depression) that were maintained at 3-month follow-up, with over half the sample showing clinically significant improvement and high satisfaction reported.
This cross-sectional study of 1,182 Chinese clinical medicine postgraduates found that exposure to adverse academic events was strongly associated with probable anxiety disorder, while low psychological resilience independently increased anxiety risk. Psychological resilience significantly moderated the association between academic stressors and anxiety, suggesting that strengthening resilience may buffer against anxiety in high-pressure training environments.
This study examined anxiety-related behavioral manifestations in 321 older adults versus 273 younger adults, finding that older adults more frequently engage in overplanning and checking behaviors but less often seek reassurance than younger counterparts. Despite behavioral differences, anxiety-related behaviors showed comparable associations with GAD symptoms across both age groups, suggesting existing anxiety literature applies to older adults and offering clearer diagnostic profiles for late-life GAD.
This study investigates whether seizure characteristics in psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES)—events resembling epilepsy without abnormal EEG activity—can predict concurrent psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety, and panic disorder. Researchers compared PNES patients with and without comorbid psychiatric conditions, finding that semiological features alone do not reliably predict the presence of psychiatric comorbidity.