New Psychotherapies for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

New psychotherapies for mood and anxiety disorders.

OBJECTIVE To discuss psychotherapies for depression and anxiety that have emerged in recent years and to evaluate their current level of empirical support. METHOD An electronic and a manual literature search of psychotherapies for mood and anxiety disorders were conducted. RESULTS Five new therapies for mood disorders and 3 interventions for posttraumatic stress disorder with co-occurring s...

New psychotherapies for mood and anxiety disorders: necessary innovation or waste of resources?

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New therapeutic options for anxiety and mood disorders.

Comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders.

This article reviews data on the prevalence of panic, social phobia, generalized anxiety, and posttraumatic stress disorder, and research documenting the comorbidity of these disorders with major depression (MDD). These anxiety disorders are frequently comorbid with MDD, and 50-60% of individuals with MDD report a lifetime history of one or more of these anxiety disorders. The anxiety disorders...

Early Life Stress, Mood, and Anxiety Disorders

Early life stress has been shown to exert profound short- and long-term effects on human physiology both in the central nervous system and peripherally. Early life stress has demonstrated clear association with many psychiatric disorders including major depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder. The Diagnostic and Statistics Manuel of Mental Disorders (DSM) diagnostic cate...