2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Recent Trends in Computing and Smart Mobility
December 5, 2025
Vandana Roy, P. Shukla
Electroencephalography (EEG) is becoming the key technique of researching mental states, particularly when studies focus on stress and anxiety. Regrettably, EEG recordings are routinely contaminated by numerous sources of noise, including power line noise, motion artifacts, burst noise, Electrooculography (EOG), Electromyography (EMG), and Electrocardiography (ECG), which severely affect the...
Journal of Cultural Analysis and Social Change
December 4, 2025
Eppy Setiyowati, Nur Hidaayah, Mulyadi Mulyadi et al.
In general, ischemic stroke patients experience psychological problems anxiety, depression and increased blood pressure to be above normal. The purpose of the study was to analyze anxiety, depression and blood pressure post mindfulness spiritual intervention combination breathing exercise. Quasy experiment research design with a large sample of 25 respondents through purposive sampling...
Journal of Ecophysiology and Occupational Health
December 2, 2025
Rachna Garg, Shubhagata Awasthi, Naveen Gupta
The rising incidence of depression and anxiety among the elderly is a growing public health concern. While pharmacological treatments are widely used, they often present challenges such as side effects and dependency, highlighting the need for evidence-based psychotherapeutic alternatives. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) integrates mindfulness techniques with cognitive...
Progress in Palliative Care
December 1, 2025
M. Barimbing, D. Jeger, Made Edwin Sridana
ABSTRACT This narrative review synthesized the use of psilocybin-assisted therapy as a promising treatment for alleviating death anxiety in terminally ill patients. The insights presented are derived from findings reported in previous studies. Therefore, this review aimed to assess the efficacy, pharmacology, and mechanisms by which psilocybin alters brain function by affecting 5-HT2A receptors...
JAACAP open
December 1, 2025
Tram N B Nguyen, Benjamin A Ely, Aria Vitale et al.
Youth with depression use cannabis at high rates, and exposure to cannabinoids in adolescence has been shown to deleteriously alter the reward system. However, there has been sparse research on the link between adolescent cannabis use and anhedonia, a core symptom of depression and clinical manifestation of reward dysfunction. Here, in a sample of adolescents presenting predominantly with mood...
Addiction
December 1, 2025
Zachary Bryant, Kirsten Morley, Jessica A Kerr et al.
MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine or "Ecstasy") is the fourth-most used illicit substance globally. While previous research found links between MDMA use and mental health outcomes, the direction and nature of this relationship remain unclear. This study assessed whether MDMA use in early adulthood increases the risk of anxiety or depression in mid-30s. A longitudinal, population-based...
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care
December 1, 2025
Neena Sharma, Kamlesh Jha, Chandrakanta Munni
Pranayama, yogic breathing techniques, are considered a form of meditation. In classical yoga, the breath is associated with prana; thus, pranayama is a means to control the inner force, the prana shakti or life energy. Pranayama is more than regular breathing and if practiced in structured and methodical manner can reduce the body's physical symptoms of stress and anxiety. It has more recently...
Nurse Professional Education Journal
November 30, 2025
Nopiandi Wardani, I Made Eka Santosa, Ni Made Sumartyawati
Anxiety can harm behavior, social functioning, and the rehabilitation process, especially in adolescents in conflict with the law. This study aims to analyze the effect of mindfulness meditation therapy on anxiety levels in adolescents in conflict with the law at the Paramita Mataram Center. The study used a quantitative approach with a one-group pre-test post-test pre-experimental design. All...
Psychopharmacology
November 28, 2025
Elifrances Galdino de Oliveira, Mayara Victória De Souza Barbosa, Diógenes Afonso De Lima et al.
Relevant to the study of neurodevelopmental disorders, maternal immune activation (MIA) models reproduce the high incidence of anxiety disorders and molecular alterations in the cerebellum reported in patients with schizophrenia and autism. In parallel, ketamine, a fast-acting antidepressant, has shown beneficial effects in psychiatric disorders with immune-related components. To investigate...
The Brown University Psychopharmacology Update
November 28, 2025
Treatment with a single dose of a pharmaceutical formulation of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) resulted in a dose‐dependent reduction in anxiety in individuals with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), a Phase 2b study has found. The two highest of four tested dose strengths of the MM120 formulation demonstrated significant improvement relative to placebo.