objectives: major depression and anxiety disorders are common psychiatric disorders among cancer patients and are associated with psychosocial impairment and decreased quality of life. depressed and anxious cancer patients also experience a more rapid progression of cancer symptoms, increased mortality, more metastasis and pain, and increased medical utilization. although some research has expl...

Purpose: Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by social and communicative problems as well as movement skills. Anxiety is one of the widespread problems among the people affected by autism. The aim of the present research was to survey the effect of one period of selected spark motor program on the anxiety of children with autism. Methods: Twenty autistic children (Asperger symptom...

Pain and chronic somatic diseases often accompany depressive and anxiety disorders in the general population. Co-morbidity of physical and mental ill health often leads to a high burden at a personal level due to problems with treatment adherence, decreased treatment response, and social and occupational disability, and also to a huge societal burden due to loss in work days and high health car...

BACKGROUND Benzodiazepines (BZD) misuse is a serious public health problem, especially among opiate-dependent patients with anxiety enrolled in methadone program because it puts patients at higher risk of life-threatening multiple drug overdoses. Both elevated anxiety and BZD misuse increase the risk for ex-addicts to relapse. However, there is no recent study to assess how serious the problem ...

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the associations between physical diseases and prevalent / incident anxiety in a community dwelling older population aged 65 years or over. Methods: 1204 people aged 65 years or over evaluated at baseline, and 909 (75.4%) were followed two years later. Anxiety was identified at both evaluation points using the questions from the community version of t...

BACKGROUND Although anxiety and, to a lesser extent, depression are highly prevalent in children, these problems are, difficult to identify. The Revised Anxiety and Depression Scale (RCADS) assesses self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression in youth. METHODS The present study examined the factor structure, internal consistency, short-term stability, and validity including sensitivity t...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Quantify the relationships between tinnitus, and anxiety and depression among adults. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional analysis of a national health survey. METHODS Adult respondents in the 2007 Integrated Health Interview Series tinnitus module were analyzed. Data for tinnitus symptoms and severity and reported anxiety and depression symptoms were extracted. Associations ...

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the associations between physical diseases and prevalent / incident anxiety in a community dwelling older population aged 65 years or over. Methods: 1204 people aged 65 years or over evaluated at baseline, and 909 (75.4%) were followed two years later. Anxiety was identified at both evaluation points using the questions from the community version of t...

The Queensland Early Intervention and Prevention of Anxiety Project evaluated a child- and family-focused group intervention for preventing anxiety problems in children. This article reports on 12- and 24-month follow-up data to previously reported outcomes at posttreatment and at 6-month follow-up. A total of 1,786 7- to 14-year-olds were screened for anxiety problems using teacher nominations...