Anxiety Disorders

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The discovery that high levels of stress may substantially impact the functioning of the powerhouses of the cell opens up new avenues of research into stress-related diseases. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Mitochondria hold the answer to anxiety disorders

Study finds reason behind anxiety disorders.

30 Sep 2019 12:16 PM

Patients with two or more substance use disorders were more than three times as likely to have a history of overdose. (Photo: Pixabay)

Youth majorly affected by drug overdose, says study

Factors associated with increased overdose risk were disorders involving the use of alcohol, cocaine or amphetamines.

25 Apr 2018 9:04 PM

The ability to sense another's emotional state is a key part of creating and building social bonds. (Photo: Pixabay)

Stress can be contagious: study

We readily communicate our stress to others, sometimes without even knowing it.

10 Mar 2018 6:21 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

Childhood asthma, diabetes may lead to anxiety disorders

Here is what a new study has found.

05 Jan 2018 10:07 AM

The seven characteristics are changes in cognition, which includes thinking, reasoning and emotion processing. (Photo: Pixabay)

Bipolar disorder has seven key factors: study

Patterns of sleep and circadian rhythms and measures of how patients' symptoms change over time and respond to treatment.

17 Dec 2017 4:02 PM

There are 57 million Indians who are depressed and 38 million who suffer from anxiety disorders.

Stress signals

Coping with rapid changes and high pressure demands can be taxing, Dr Jyothirmayi K. explains how to break away.

20 Mar 2017 12:12 AM

Brain connections at birth may be responsible for the development of problems later in life (Photo: AFP)

Infant's brain scan points out early signs of anxiety

The symptoms have been linked to clinical depression and anxiety disorders in older children and adults.

02 Feb 2017 1:31 PM

They analysed data from 16 studies which started between 1994 and 2008 (Photo: AFP)

Anxiety can increase risk of death from cancer

In total, 163,363 men and women aged 16 or over and free from cancer at the start of the study, were included.

26 Jan 2017 6:23 PM

Anxiety disorders are one of the most common mental illnesses (Photo: Pixabay)

Friends can influence fear and anxiety in children

There was some evidence that the friends had similar levels of anxiety symptoms and fear responses even before they had their discussion.

17 Jan 2017 1:27 PM

If you think you might be an alcoholic or bordering towards it, do reach out for help. Enjoy a drink without addiction.

Keep drinking addiction at bay

Alcohol relaxes us by causing changes in two types of chemicals in our brain.

21 Dec 2016 1:18 AM

Uncertain threat is unpredictable in its timing, intensity, frequency or duration and elicits a generalised feeling of apprehension and hypervigilance. (Photo: Pixabay)

Fear of unknown common to many anxiety disorders: study

When a person is sensitive to uncertain threat, they can spend the entire day anxious and concerned that something bad could happen to them

19 Nov 2016 7:10 PM

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