Topic
Anxiety treatment research, explained
5 open-access anxiety treatment studies, each with a flashcard deck and a quiz.
- IntelliCare app suite field trial
Eight weeks of IntelliCare apps plus light coaching produced large pre–post drops in depression and anxiety symptoms.
- Coaching vs recommendations in IntelliCare
In a factorial RCT, coaching lowered anxiety more than self-guided use, while weekly app recommendations boosted depression improvement and app sessions.
- Automated e-therapy for anxiety disorders
People finishing Anxiety Online’s disorder-specific e-therapy programs showed significant pre–post gains on severity, quality of life, and confidence measures.
- Do childhood adversity and being female add up, or multiply, for mental illness?
Women who experienced several childhood adversities had rates of depression and anxiety disorders well above what you would expect by simply adding the separate risks of being female and of childhood adversity.
- Does cannabigerol calm rats via serotonin receptors?
In 176 male rats, cannabigerol weakened α2 and 5-HT1A agonist suppression of LC/DRN firing in slices and reduced anxiety-like behavior in plus-maze and novelty feeding—effects blocked by WAY100635.