Anxiety

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Par with Escitalopram for Anxiety Disorders

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Both clinician-rated and patient-reported outcomes suggested that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) was well-tolerated with comparable effectiveness to the first-line medication escitalopram for patients with anxiety disorders in a US randomized clinical trial. The trial included 276 participants (women 75%, men 25%; mean age 33 years; Asian 19%, Black 15%, Hispanic […]

Healthy and Sustainable Diet Beneficial for the Prevention of Depression and Anxiety

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A prospective UK population-based cohort study suggests that higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet is associated with lower risks of incident depression, anxiety and their co-occurrence. The study included 180,446 participants (mean age 56.2, male 46.45%) with 11.62 years of follow-up. The diet largely consists of vegetables, fruits, whole grains, […]