Combined Case of Blood-Injury-Injection Phobia and Social Phobia: Behavior Therapy Management and Effectiveness through Tilt Test by Fotini Ferenidou, Theodoros Chalimourdas, Velissarios Antonakis, Nikolaos Vaidakis, Georgios Papadimitriou

“…The efficacy of behavior therapy based mainly on real-life exposure situations as well as applied tension was examined for a combined case of blood-injury-injection (BII) phobia and social anxiety disorder. Treatment involved 28 behavior therapy sessions, while applied tension technique was also described and practiced. …”
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Agitated Depression Associated With Flurazepam Discontinuation by Mohamed Salih, Reem Mohamed Osman, Wala Alim, Leena Khalid, Wafa Sosal, Danya Ibrahim, Yassir Mahgoub

“…We describe a case of a 73-year-old female with a prior history of depression and generalized anxiety disorder who was maintained on flurazepam for 44 years and was admitted for severe depression with psychomotor agitation, prominent vegetative symptoms, thought perseveration, indecisiveness, and psychotic features that emerged following the discontinuation of flurazepam. …”
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Psychometric properties and factor structure of the Persian version of worry questionnaire – Contrast avoidance model by Razieh Javaherirenani, Pantea Ahadianfard, Ahmad Ashouri

“…Based on CAQ-W, there is a positive and significant correlation between Penn State Worry Questionnaire (PSWQ) (r = .846) and Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) (r = .720). Also, confirmatory factor analysis supported its 3-factor structure. …”
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Early harmonies, enduring echoes—how early life experiences and personality traits shape music performance anxiety by Ludivine Aubry, Ludivine Aubry, Mats B. Küssner

“…According to the DSM-5, MPA is categorized as a specific subtype of social anxiety disorder, with a shared understanding that its development is shaped by predisposing vulnerabilities as well as external stressors and circumstances. …”
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Oral health-related quality of life and levels of anxiety and depression in individuals with oral potentially malignant disorders by Rhayane da Conceição Monteiro, Igor Ferreira Borba de Almeida, Nataly Ferreira de Jesus Pinto, Maria da Conceição Andrade, Márcio Campos Oliveira

“…Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in a reference center for oral lesions in the interior of the state of Bahia from February 2022 to January 2023, using the questionnaires Oral Health Impact Profile-14, Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9. …”
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Pregnancy-related chronic type A aortic dissection highlights the importance of thorough prenatal maternal examination by Cristina M. Șulea, Anna B. Kiss, Bence Ágg, Kálmán Benke, Elektra Bartha, Bálint Szilveszter, Roland Stengl, Máté Csonka, Zoltán Szabolcs, Miklós Pólos

“…Case presentation A 32-year-old pregnant woman at 31 weeks of gestation began experiencing shortness of breath, chest pain, and palpitations, which were attributed to an anxiety disorder she had been previously diagnosed with. …”
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Anxiety and depression screening reveals the importance of advancing mental health support for Haitian healthcare providers by Youri Encelotti Louis, Brooke Betson, Samy Auguste

“…This study was conducted using a self-report questionnaire containing the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 screening tools, distributed to Haitian healthcare providers nationwide. …”
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Anxiety, Beliefs and Covid-19 in Two Periods of the Pandemic in Brazil: A comparative study by Geovanna Santana de Souza Turri, Renata Elly Barbosa Fonte, Luiz Guilherme Lima-Silva, Andre Faro

“…The methodology adopted the free evocation technique and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD-2) symptom scale. The sample was composed of 5,961 women and 1,153 men. …”
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Acquisition and maintenance of disgust reactions in an OCD analogue sample: Efficiency of extinction strategies through a counter-conditioning procedure. by Caroline Novara, Cindy Lebrun, Alexandra Macgregor, Bruno Vivet, Pierre Thérouanne, Delphine Capdevielle, Stephane Raffard

“…<h4>Background</h4>Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) has long been considered as an anxiety disorder, disgust is the dominant emotion in contamination-based OCD. …”
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Volunteer-aholism: A comprehensive model of personality, burnout, and mental distress in a sample of healthcare first responders of the Italian Red Cross Auxiliary Corps by Livio TARCHI, Pietro CRESCENZO, Giovanni CASTELLINI, Valdo RICCA, Kristian TALAMONTI, Fabio RISPOLI, Sefa BULUT, Amelia RIZZO, Salvatore ZAFFINA, Gabriele GIORGI, Francesco CHIRICO

“…An online questionnaire was proposed as composed of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment, Patient Health Questionnaire, Single-item PTSD Screener, Maslach Burnout Inventory, and Big Five Inventory. …”
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Explanatory model of depression and anxiety as predictors of suicidal ideation in Peruvian adults by Jonatan Baños Chaparro

“…The Patient Health Questionnaire-2, the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2, and the Suicidal Ideation Frequency Inventory were applied. …”
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Is Physical Activity Related to Depression and Anxiety among Adults? Observations from a Noncommunicable Disease Screening Clinic in North India by Madhur Verma, Amandeep Kaur, Ankush Upneja, Preeti Dhoat, Jitender Aneja, Rakesh Kakkar

“…Health-enhancing PA (HEPA) was estimated using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), while depression and anxiety were screened using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and 7-item Generalized Anxiety Disorder scales. Bivariate and univariate analyses were performed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 to depict our results. …”
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Disrupted Dynamic Functional Connectivity of the Visual Network in Episodic Patients with Migraine without Aura by Heng-Le Wei, Tian Tian, Gang-Ping Zhou, Jin-Jin Wang, Xi Guo, Yu-Chen Chen, Yu-Sheng Yu, Xindao Yin, Junrong Li, Hong Zhang

“…The dFC abnormalities of the visual cortex may be involved in pain integration with multinetworks and associated with anxiety disorder in episodic MwoA patients.…”
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Impact of hyperthyroidism and its treatment on the outcome of mental health, occupational functioning, and quality of life: A naturalistic, prospective study by Roopa Chopra, Tejas Kalaria, Carolina Gherman-Ciolac, Rajeev Raghavan, Harit Narendra Buch, Nilamadhab Kar

“…Methods and Material: In a naturalistic, prospective study, consecutive (n = 176) hyperthyroid patients were assessed for anxiety (generalized anxiety disorder, GAD-7), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire PHQ-9), functional impairment (work and social adjustment scale, WSAS), and quality of life (EuroQol ED5D) using standardized instruments. …”
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Crenças de mulheres com e sem sintomas ansiosos sobre a pandemia de Covid-19 em 2020 // Beliefs of women with and without anxious symptoms about the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 by Júlia Nunes Cardoso, Daiane Nunes, André Faro

“…Utilizou-se a Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener (GAD-2) para o rastreio dos sintomas e a técnica de evocação livre de palavras para capturar a percepção das mulheres sobre a pandemia. …”
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Adrenomedullin 2 attenuates anxiety-like behaviors by increasing IGF-II in amygdala and re-establishing blood–brain barrier by Denian Wang, Zhi Yang, Pengfei Wu, Qingyan Li, Chunyan Yu, Ying Yang, Yuefan Du, Mengwei Jiang, Junpeng Ma

“…Abstract Anxiety disorder, a prevalent mental health issue, is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. …”
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Network analysis of suicide ideation and depression–anxiety symptoms among Chinese adolescents by Yan Zhang, Jin Liu, Mei Huang, Liang Li, Yumeng Ju, Bangshan Liu, Shuyin Xu, Xiyu Wei, Wenwen Ou, Mohan Ma, Guanyi Lv, Xiaotian Zhao, Yaqi Qin, Yunjing Li, Siqi Yang, Yimei Lu, Yafei Chen, Junwu Liu

“…Background The co-occurrence of depression and anxiety among adolescents is typically associated with suicide ideation.Aims The study aimed to investigate the symptom-level relationship between suicide ideation and the comorbidity of depression and anxiety.Methods 1501 adolescents aged 12–19 years were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale, and 716 adolescents who scored ≥5 on both scales were selected as participants. …”
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The relationship between relative deprivation and fear of missing out in college students: the role of self-regulatory fatigue and personal belief in a just world by Yun Chen, Qiuci Zhang, Ronghua Hang, Long Huang, Liang Yu

“…Abstract Background Fear of missing out (FoMO) is a new type of anxiety disorder in the context of the Internet, which has a negative effects on the physical and mental health and behavior of college students, such as Internet addiction, non-adaptive socializing, and negative emotions. …”
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Negative Emotions in Migraineurs Dreams: The Increased Prevalence of Oneiric Fear and Anguish, Unrelated to Mood Disorders by F. De Angeli, C. Lovati, L. Giani, C. Mariotti D'Alessandro, E. Raimondi, V. Scaglione, D. Castoldi, E. Capiluppi, C. Mariani

“…The Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire (GAD-7), and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were administered to evaluate anxiety and depression. …”
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Metacognitive Beliefs in Alexithymic Individuals by Zekiye Celikbas, Sedat Batmaz, Ufuk Bal, Esma Akpinar Aslan

“…The study included a total of 160 participants who were diagnosed with depressive disorder, anxiety disorder or somatoform disorder in remission according to DSM-5, or who were not diagnosed with any psychiatric disorders. …”
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