BACKGROUND Individuals with anxiety disorders often do not receive an accurate diagnosis or adequate treatment in primary care. AIMS To analyse the cost-effectiveness of an optimised care model for people with anxiety disorders in primary care. METHOD In a cluster randomised controlled trial, 46 primary care practices with 389 individuals positively screened with anxiety were randomised to ...

Background The effects of the aerobic exercise on anxiety symptoms in patients with Panic Disorder (PD) remain unclear. Thus, the investigation of possible changes in EEG frontal asymmetry could contribute to understand the relationship among exercise, brain and anxiety. Objective To investigate the acute effects of aerobic exercise on the symptoms of anxiety and the chronic effects of aerobi...

INTRODUCTION Studies on the relationship between prenatal psychosocial risk factors and breastfeeding are disjointed. Maternal health status has a great influence on breastfeeding, growth, and general health of the neonates. The aim of this study was to ascertain the relation between maternal mental health and breastfeeding status of mothers in Kazerun (Fars province, Iran). METHODS This cros...

OBJECTIVE Anxiety trait, anxiety and depression states have all been reported to increase risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD), possibly through altering cardiac autonomic regulation. Our aim was to investigate whether the relationship between harm avoidance (HA, an anxiety-related personality trait) and cardiac autonomic regulation is independent of anxiety and depression states in healthy a...

AIMS To assess the relationships between trait anger (T-Anger) and anger expression styles and emotional states-suicide probability, depression, state and trait anxiety and self-esteem--in alcohol-dependent inpatients. METHODS The patients included in this study were 142 male inpatients with alcohol dependence according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) cri...

BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia (FM) is a disorder characterized by chronic widespread pain and frequently associated with other symptoms. Patients with FM commonly report cognitive complaints, including memory problem. The objective of this study was to investigate the differences in neural correlates of working memory between FM patients and healthy subjects, using functional magnetic resonance imagi...

background : gastrointestinal disorders are common complaints for which endoscopy is one of the most important diagnostic procedures. anxiety is an unpleasant, ambiguous feeling of apprehension and fear of an unknown origin that occurs during anxious and previously stressful situations or during an injury. lack of sufficient information and fear of pain can cause anxiety prior to an endoscopy, ...

purpose: the aim of this study was to investigate the relations of locus of control, rumination, and worry with depression and anxiety in a sample of depressed and anxious patients. a second purpose of the study was to examine the mediating role of rumination and worry on the relationship between locus of control with depression and anxiety. method: one hundred and twelve patients with major de...