The aerobic programme (experimental group) consisted of three ergometric bicycle or treadmill sessions per week over a 6-month period (26 weeks).The leisure programme consisted of a varied range of activities (i.e. games and general exercises). The psychometrically sound, Hamilton Anxiety Scale ...
Participants categorized as CBT responders met with their clinician for monthly 50-minute maintenance CBT sessions. During these sessions no new material was introduced, but the CBT therapist was permitted to revisit the stimulus hierarchy, and reinforce the necessity of exposure activities to promote ...
serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). This type of antidepressant is one of the most commonly used medications for helping teens with anxiety. It has shown to be very effective in reducing symptoms of anxiety. However, there are more anxiety medication options that a teen’s therapist may ...
Participants categorized as CBT responders met with their clinician for monthly 50-minute maintenance CBT sessions. During these sessions no new material was introduced, but the CBT therapist was permitted to revisit the stimulus hierarchy, and reinforce the necessity of exposure activities to promote ...
Previous studies have shown that a high prevalence of depression and anxiety is a key factor leading to a decrease in student satisfaction with university life. Therefore, this study used two waves of longitudinal data to investigate the longitudinal rel
Another factor included in the anxiety-depressive syndrome is cognitive deficits and energy waste, which determine the subjective sense of difficulty of an individual in the functioning of his cognitive processes and the feeling of energy loss to act and carry out everyday activit...
opportunity to avoid these feared situations. As a result, they may show a decline inschool performance,school refusal, and disinterest in age-appropriate social activities. Youth who do attempt to avoid anxiety-provoking situations may be mistakenly diagnosed as oppositional or noncompliant, because ...
(7 weeks), 12 months and 24 months showed that the Health4Life intervention was no more effective than an active control in reducing depressive, anxiety or psychological distress symptoms at a 24 or 12 month follow-up; however, there were short-term benefits for psychological distress and ...
Deep breathing naturally calms the body and mind by activating theparasympathetic nervous system, which influences the activities we engage in while resting. By reducing the heart rate, a child's mind and body naturally slow down to a more relaxed state. ...
This trial quantified the effects of ecologically-valid resistance exercise training (RET) on anxiety and worry symptoms among young adults. Young adults not meeting criteria for subclinical, or analogue Generalized Anxiety Disorder (AGAD) were randomized to an eight-week RET intervention, or eight-...