A mindfulness-based eating intervention improved anxiety, depression, and eating behaviors in adults with obesity and generalized anxiety disorder.

People with health anxiety tend to get tangled up in problematic behaviors, such as reassurance-seeking, excessive body checking and avoidance. These behaviors act like a vortex, sucking you into that ...

Five psychologist-recommended habits that calm anxiety by targeting what actually keeps it going — from scheduling worry to ...

Everyone responds differently to their feelings, and anxiety can look different in everyone. Some people may appear fearful, shaky, or panicky. Some may respond with anger when they are forced to face ...

Could the key to easing anxiety be hidden in our gut? Scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School and the National Neuroscience Institute have discovered a crucial connection between gut microbes and ...

Researchers found that a self-guided cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) app, called Maya, significantly reduced anxiety in young adults struggling with mental health challenges. The decrease in ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated whether the gut microbiota plays a causal role in modulating behaviors relevant to social anxiety disorder (SAD). SAD, a ...

Becoming anxious in response to another person’s anxiety is familiar for many people, including many of my patients. Whether it is the urgency in a friend’s voice, the distress of a romantic partner, ...

Maladaptive behaviors interfere with a person’s daily activities, ability to adjust, or ability to participate in certain settings. Maladaptive behavior can appear in various ways, including avoidance ...