anxiety

A Pilot and Feasibility Study of a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy-Based Anxiety Prevention Programme for Junior High School Students in Japan: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Scientific article

31 October 2019

Abstract Background There is a good deal of evidence that cognitive behavioural therapy is effective for children and adolescents with anxiety-related problems. In Japan, an anxiety prevention programme based on cognitive behavioural...

Effectiveness Bank Analysis: Therapy ‘Toolbox’ Helps Rescue Poorly Recovering Patients at London Maintenance Clinic

Scientific article

9 May 2019

Instead of a set programme, a clinic in London tried offering patients prescribed methadone or buprenorphine but still using heroin or cocaine a selection from a suite of well-supported psychological interventions tailored to the patient...

Webinar - Overlapping Issues: Domestic & Sexual Violence, Mental Health, Trauma & Substance Use

12 December 2018

Webinar

There are often many risk factors associated with the development of a substance use disorder. It is essential to understand and appreciate the interaction between all contributing factors. In this free webinar, organised by NAADAC, Julie Owens, a Certified Domestic Violence Counsellor, will discuss the overlapping vulnerabilities.

Self‐Medication with Alcohol or Drugs for Mood and Anxiety Disorders

Scientific article

12 July 2018

Substance use is one way that people deal with the difficult symptoms present in mood and anxiety disorders. As people become more reliant on the effects of the substances to relieve distress the use can develop into dependence. Self...

Lifestyle Choices and Mental Health: A Longitudinal Survey with German and Chinese Students

Scientific article

16 May 2018

This study explores the relationship between lifestyle choices and mental health in students from Germany and China.

#StatusofMind: Social Media and Young People's Mental Health and Wellbeing

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KEY POINTS 91% of 16-24 year olds use the internet for social networking Social media has been described as more addictive than cigarettes and alcohol Rates of anxiety and depression in young people have risen 70% in the past 25 years...

Enhanced Amygdala-Striatal Functional Connectivity during the Processing of Cocaine Cues in Male Cocaine Users with a History of Childhood Trauma

Scientific article

12 March 2018

Background and Aims: Childhood trauma is associated with increased levels of anxiety later in life, an increased risk for the development of substance use disorders, and neurodevelopmental abnormalities in the amygdala and frontostriatal...

Anxiety and Depression in Drug-Dependent Patients with Cluster C Personality Disorders

Scientific article

8 February 2018

Objective: Comorbidity between personality disorders (PD) and substance-use disorders (SUD) is one of the most common findings in the psychiatric field. The patients with Cluster C disorders present maladjustment traits often characterized...

EMDR as Add-On Treatment for Psychiatric and Traumatic Symptoms in Patients with Substance Use Disorder

Scientific article

11 January 2018

Background: Substance use disorders (SUD) are patterns of substance use leading to severe impairment on social, working and economic levels. In vivo and clinical findings have enhanced the role of the brain's stress-related system in...

Effect of Exercise versus Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or no Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Fitness and Quality of Life in Adults with Previous Methamphetamine Dependency

Scientific article

16 January 2018

Abstract Background Methamphetamine (MA) is a highly addictive psychostimulant used by approximately 52 million people worldwide. Chronic MA abuse leads to detrimental physiological and neurological changes, as well as increases in anxiety...