Dysfunction of default mode network characterizes generalized anxiety disorder relative to social anxiety disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder

M Yuan, B Liu, B Yang, W Dang, H Xie, S Lui… - Journal of Affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background The perseverative cognition of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is distinctive
compared to other anxiety disorders. However, the disease-specific and shared …

Intolerance of Uncertainty and Worry Prospectively Predict COVID-19 Anxiety and Distress: A 4-Year Longitudinal Study

AM Adamis, DA Cole, BO Olatunji - Behavior Therapy, 2024 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic precipitated an uptick in poor mental health outcomes, including
coronavirus-related anxiety and distress. Preliminary research has shown that intolerance of …

Introduction to a special issue on the contrast avoidance model

MG Newman, A Przeworski - Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 2024 - Elsevier
The current paper introduces the special issue on the Contrast Avoidance Model. The
Contrast Avoidance Mmodel theorizes that chronic worriers are afraid of a sharp increase in …

Does repetitive negative thinking affect attention? Differential effects of worry and rumination on attention to emotional stimuli.

EJ Lewis, I Blanco, H Raila, J Joormann - Emotion, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Worry and rumination, two cardinal responses to emotional events, are key for maintaining
negative emotion and have been implicated in the etiology and maintenance of anxiety and …

Contrast avoidance predicts and mediates the effect of trait worry on problem-solving impairment

SJ Llera, MG Newman - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examined the relationship between the Contrast Avoidance Model (CAM;
Newman & Llera, 2011) and impairment in the problem-solving process using an in-vivo …

Self-reported concerns among Australian secondary school students: associations with mental health and wellbeing

A Bartholomew, K Maston, L Brown, H Fujimoto… - Child & Youth Care …, 2024 - Springer
Background Excessive worry during adolescence can significantly impact mental health.
Understanding adolescent concerns may help inform mental health early intervention …

Promising effects of treatment with flotation-REST (restricted environmental stimulation technique) as an intervention for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD): a …

K Jonsson, A Kjellgren - BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background During Flotation-REST a person is floating inside a quiet and dark
tank, filled with heated salt saturated water. Deep relaxation and beneficial effects on eg …

Relation between cognitive and behavioral strategies and future change in common mental health problems across 18 years.

NH Zainal, MG Newman - Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Major depressive disorder (MDD), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), and panic disorder
(PD), constitute common mental disorders that may have chronic and disabling courses …

What if we have too many models of worry and GAD?

MH Freeston - Behavioural and cognitive psychotherapy, 2023 - cambridge.org
Worry is a chain of thoughts and images, negatively affect-laden and relatively
uncontrollable. The worry process represents an attempt to engage in mental …

Anxiety and stress alter decision-making dynamics and causal amygdala-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex circuits during emotion regulation in children

SL Warren, Y Zhang, K Duberg, P Mistry, W Cai… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Anxiety and stress reactivity are risk factors for the development of affective
disorders. However, the behavioral and neurocircuit mechanisms that potentiate …