Anxiety

Yoga practice positively influenced the lives of individuals who experienced psychological exhaustion, improving self-care, mental balance, emotional well-being, quality of life, and health.

qualitative study Sample size: 3

A self-compassion and mindfulness training program improved self-compassion and reduced depression, anxiety, and stress among undergraduate psychology students, with effects maintained at 3-month follow-up.

RCT Sample size: 50

Low doses of psilocybin produce perceptible pharmacological effects without significant perceptual alterations, cognitive impairment, or increased anxiety.

Phase 1, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single ascending dose study Sample size: 56

Yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques may reduce stress, anxiety, and psychological distress while enhancing psychological well-being, emotional regulation, and psychological resilience.

systematic review

Argues that incorporating mindfulness techniques into bar exam preparation can enhance emotional regulation and cognitive clarity, reducing anxiety and improving concentration, memory retention, and resilience.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Mindfulness was significantly positively correlated with and predicted mental health among older adults.

observational cross-sectional survey Sample size: 301

AICT practice is associated with increased self-esteem and connectedness, and longer practice with decreased trait anxiety and increased positive affect.

cross-sectional survey Sample size: 607

The effectiveness of hypnotherapy for burnout and related symptoms has not yet been determined; the review is ongoing.

systematic review and meta-analysis

Argues that many cases of rumination involve a disruption in the capacity to initiate and maintain inner silence, which contributes to the persistence and distress of depressive episodes.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Psychedelic therapies, particularly MDMA-assisted therapy, represent a potential breakthrough by targeting the underlying causes of PTSD rather than merely suppressing symptoms.

review

Mindfulness-based intervention for tics led to significantly greater reductions in obsessive-compulsive symptoms compared to psychoeducation, relaxation, and supportive therapy at posttreatment, but no significant differences emerged for anxiety, stress, or other outcomes.

pilot randomized controlled trial Sample size: 28

Biofeedback, alone or combined with escitalopram, reduced anxiety and increased mindfulness more than escitalopram alone, with no significant difference between biofeedback and combined therapy.

randomized controlled trial Sample size: 188

Digital mindfulness interventions show favorable effects on anxiety, stress, and emotional regulation in youth athletes, but evidence is heterogeneous and direct evidence on mobile apps in this population is limited.

systematic review

Mindfulness therapy significantly reduced anxiety levels among older adults in a residential care home.

pre-experimental one-group pretest–posttest Sample size: 38

Argues that dissociative states are best understood as a selective impairment of global world-model maintenance rather than perceptual suppression or hallucination, and that ketamine's antidepressant effects may work by resetting rigid pathological models through destabilization.

theoretical or philosophical paper

The within-person reduction in suicidal ideation over six months remains statistically significant after adjusting for time-varying depressive severity, indicating an anti-suicidal effect partly independent of mood improvement.

secondary analysis of a longitudinal cohort

Combining Liuzijue breathing with mindful breathing produced more sustained relaxation than mindful breathing alone in anxious male university students.

randomized crossover trial Sample size: 24

An 8-week meditation program produced large reductions in perceived stress and sleep quality in older adults, with one protocol additionally showing a significant anxiolytic effect.

prospective interventional study Sample size: 58

Meditation significantly reduced heart rate and increased heart rate variability, indicating improved stress resilience.

One Group Pretest-Posttest Design Sample size: 6

Argues that breathwork can regulate the autonomic nervous system, reduce anxiety, and anchor present-moment awareness, thereby facilitating healthy sexual engagement and helping clients reconnect with sensation and desire in psychosexual therapy.

theoretical or philosophical paper

Mindfulness-based interventions show promise in reducing stress, anxiety, and depression while improving emotional regulation and academic focus, but face limitations including geographic bias, homogeneous samples, and lack of long-term follow-ups.

systematic review Sample size: 35

Developmental stress produces distinct and often opposing behavioral and physiological effects in adult male and female mice, and psilocybin broadly reverses these effects through different behavioral domains in each sex.

preclinical animal study

Hydroxynorketamine isomers produce stereospecific behavioral effects: RANK is anxiolytic under baseline and stress conditions, while SHANK is anxiogenic at baseline but both isomers attenuate hydrocortisone-induced hyperarousal.

experimental study

Inhaled DMT with psychological support is associated with reduced anxiety, increased life satisfaction, and sustained improvements in quality of life in patients with treatment-resistant depression.

open-label clinical trial Sample size: 41

Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy was associated with superior improvements in anxiety, sleep quality, depressive symptoms, and quality of life compared with routine psychological support in patients undergoing peritoneal dialysis.

retrospective cohort study