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Some reassuring words from a doctor just before an operation begins may be more effective than drugs in easing patient anxiety

ASA: Surgeon’s Calming Words May Ease Stress of Surgery

Researchers found reassuring voice might even beat anti-anxiety meds in lowering pre-op distress
For patients undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty under local anesthesia

Handholding, Speaking to Patients Reduces Anxiety

Findings in patients undergoing percutaneous vertebroplasty under local anesthesia
For patients with chronic myofascial paraspinous pain

Psychological Features Impact Myofascial Paraspinous Pain Tx

Anxiety is strongest predictor of trigger point treatment response for patients with chronic pain
A majority of women who receive false positives on mammography experience distress and anxiety

Most Women Feel Distress With False-Positive Mammogram

Majority had issues such as anxiety, sleeplessness, often persisting long after being declared cancer-free
A telephone-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy intervention is superior to nondirective supportive therapy for older adults with generalized anxiety disorder

Phone-Delivered CBT Beneficial for Seniors With Anxiety

Significant decline in worry severity and in GAD symptoms, depression at four-month follow-up
For women with abnormal cervical cytology

Review: Colposcopy Linked to Adverse Psychological Outcomes

Adverse outcomes include anxiety; management type and treatment don't impact outcomes
People who spend much of their day sitting may be more likely to feel anxious

Too Much Sitting Linked With Higher Risk of Anxiety

Review found link between the two, but not cause and effect
Levels of serotonin in the brain are too high in people with social anxiety disorder

Too Much Serotonin Implicated in Social Anxiety Disorder

Serotonin finding conflicts with conventional wisdom, researchers say
Unique white matter injury patterns are seen for anxiety and depression after mild traumatic brain injury

Unique White Matter Injuries for Anxiety, Depression Post TBI

Findings in mild traumatic brain injury patients; no such pattern for irritability
Fermented foods that contain probiotics seem to have a protective effect against social anxiety

Fermented Food Intake May Help Protect Against Social Anxiety

Consumption of fermented foods interacts with neuroticism to predict social anxiety