Purpose: Anxiety, as an important public health issue, may frequently trouble the chronic GI patients with severe symptoms. In this study, we aimed to investigate the relationship between the severity of GI symptoms and anxiety symptoms and further examine whether this relationship was ...
“Anxiety is a brain-body phenomenon,” Dr. Ken Duckworth, medical director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), told TODAY. “We know there is a correlation between anxiety and physiological problems and GI symptoms are tied to it.” Understandingsymptomscan help people distinguish...
assess the presence of feelings of anxiety and symptoms of depression among older persons who avoid activity for fear of falling and to assess whether feelings of anxiety and symptoms of depression are independently associated with the severity of fear of falling and fear-related activity avoidance....
Sustained and acute life-threatening stressors play an important role in the onset and modulation of GI symptoms as well as in the development of affective disorders and PTSD. A neurobiological model is proposed that attempts to explain the development of visceral hypersensitivity, the neuroendocrine ...
Medical conditions. Some heart, lung, and thyroid conditions can cause symptoms similar to anxiety disorders or make anxiety symptoms worse. GI disorders (such as irritable bowel syndrome), respiratory conditions (such as asthma), and tumors that create certain hormones can be linked to anxiety. ...
Are symptoms of anxiety depression and stress risk factors for hypertension? Cardiology. 2006;2:45–51.Bener A, Kamal A, Al-Banna M, Al-Mulla A, Elbagi IA. Are symptoms of anxiety depression and stress risk factors for hypertension? Cardiology. 2006;2:45-51....
Medical conditions. Some heart, lung, and thyroid conditions can cause symptoms similar to anxiety disorders or make anxiety symptoms worse. GI disorders (such as irritable bowel syndrome), respiratory conditions (such as asthma), and tumors that create certain hormones can be linked to anxiety. ...
The Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI) is a measure derived from this conceptualization that measures health anxiety symptoms across the range of severity. Previous studies have reported inconsistent findings regarding this measure's factor structure, but these studies employed factor analytic tools ...
Anxiety sensitivity may be associated with both anxiety and eating disorder symptoms, which could contribute to the frequent comorbidity of both syndromes.
76 Background: Pain is one of the most common cancer symptoms. Individuals in pain often experience psychological distress in the form of anxiety and depression. Social support is an important resource utilized by patients to cope with cancer. Aims: (1) Identify clinicodemographic factors influencin...