Hacker News with Generative AI: Anxiety

Stress can disrupt memory and lead to needless anxiety (nature.com)
Stress makes mice form big bundles of neurons in the brain that disrupt memory formation, making them fearful of harmless situations1 — which might help to explain why stressed people often feel threatened in safe environments.

Stress, Memory, Neuroscience, Anxiety

8 points by gnabgib 6 days ago | 0 comments

The Roots of Fear: Understanding the Amygdala (ucdavis.edu)
Treating anxiety, depression and other disorders may depend on the amygdala, a part of the brain that controls strong emotional reactions, especially fear. But a deep understanding of this structure has been lacking. Now scientists at the University of California, Davis have identified new clusters of cells with differing patterns of gene expression in the amygdala of humans and non-human primates. The work could lead to more targeted treatments for disorders such as anxiety that affect tens of millions of people.

Neuroscience, Mental Health, Anxiety, Research, Human Brain

146 points by birriel 17 days ago | 54 comments

Exercise as an equivalent to medication for treatment of depression and anxiety (peterattiamd.com)
Popular media has touted a provocative claim that exercise is purportedly as effective as medication in treating symptoms of depression and anxiety.

Exercise, Mental Health, Depression, Anxiety, Medicine

30 points by mpweiher 32 days ago | 4 comments

Therapeutic Benefits of Alcohol? (ycombinator.com)
I'm one of those agoraphobics that can't leave my house. I'm literally trapped. However a single drink allows me to go about my daily life without having panic attacks.

Mental Health, Anxiety, Alcohol, Agoraphobia

18 points by thunkle 38 days ago | 32 comments

Psychedelics Reduce Anxiety Without Hallucinations (neurosciencenews.com)
New research has pinpointed the specific brain region and neuron type responsible for reducing anxiety using the psychedelic drug DOI, without triggering hallucinations.

Psychedelics, Anxiety, Neuroscience, Brain Research

6 points by bookofjoe 47 days ago | 1 comments

Scientists uncover genetic predisposition to anxiety (medicalxpress.com)
Investigators from the Yale Department of Psychiatry investigated the genetic profiles of more than 1 million participants enrolled in multiple cohorts around the world. Leveraging this large dataset, they uncovered more than 100 genes associated with anxiety.

Genetics, Anxiety, Research, Mental Health, Science

10 points by PaulHoule 55 days ago | 0 comments

Code Review Anxiety Workbook (gitbook.io)
Feeling anxious about giving and receiving code reviews is a common, widely-documented experience for software developers.

Software Development, Code Reviews, Anxiety, Productivity

52 points by mooreds 78 days ago | 13 comments

Non-deceptive placebos can reduce stress, anxiety and depression, study finds (medicalxpress.com)

Placebos, Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Health

6 points by PaulHoule 88 days ago | 0 comments

Doomscrolling evokes existential anxiety, fosters pessimism about human nature? (sciencedirect.com)

Psychology, Social Media, Human Behavior, Anxiety

5 points by rntn 126 days ago | 0 comments

Brain circuit scores identify clinically distinct biotypes in depression/anxiety (nature.com)

Mental Health, Neuroscience, Research, Biotypes, Depression, Anxiety

200 points by MBCook 156 days ago | 95 comments

Anticipatory Anxiety (lrb.co.uk)