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Potential new lead compounds for the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA Currently, various classes of drugs are available for the treatment of mental illnesses – such as depression and anxiety disorders. However, although these drugs confer benefits, they are also associated with adverse side-effects. Conseqeuntly, medical researchers continuously thrive to improve the pharmacological properties of therapeutic agents to optimize the benefit-to-side-effect ratio....

COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020: study
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COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020: study

by Lancet COVID-19 pandemic led to stark rise in depressive and anxiety disorders globally in 2020, with women and younger people most affected. Credit: The Lancet Cases of major depressive disorder and anxiety disorders increased by more than a quarter worldwide in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the first global estimates of...

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ATTENTION TRAINING MAY EASE TEEN ANXIETY DISORDERS

FRED MAMOUN-YALE A simple computer-based program known as attention training may offer relief to teens with an anxiety disorder, according to a new study. Researchers discovered major reductions in anxiety among 64 youths after just four twice-weekly sessions of the attention training program. All the youths had diagnosed anxiety disorders and had completed cognitive behavior...