Washington, Dec 23 : Listening to music can help reduce pain in high-anxiety people, who can easily become absorbed in cognitive activities, a new study has suggested.

Researchers from the University of Utah Pain Research Center evaluated the potential benefits of music for diverting psychological responses to experimental pain stimuli.

London, Nov 18 : In what is being termed the "most comprehensive study" into the problem, a 16-year survey has found that teenagers who suffer from depression or anxiety deliberately harm themselves.

One in every 12 teenagers harms himself or herself, says the study conducted in Australia between 1992 and 2008 and published Thursday by The Lancet, the world's leading general medical journal.

Washington, Jan 12: Singapore scientists have made a breakthrough in understanding how anxiety is regulated in the vertebrate brain.

The new findings have shed light on how the brain normally shuts off anxiety and also establishes the relevance of zebrafish as a model for human psychiatric disorders.

Washington, Jan 08: UCLA life scientists have discovered what may be a completely unexplored drug target for the treatment of anxiety disorders.

Washington, Mar 10 : Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have developed a new questionnaire and outcomes measurement scale that can turn out to be a reliable and valid measure of anxiety.

The scale can easily be incorporated into routine clinical practice when treating psychiatric disorders.

If scales are to be incorporated into clinical practices, it is necessary to develop measures that are feasible and have good psychometric properties.

Melbourne, Oct 16 : When it comes to anxiety, female lab mice can respond quite differently than males, finds a new study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research, something which could have important implications in the field of scientific research.

The new findings can change the way animal models are used for scientific research purposes, suggesting that both sexes should be used in lab tests.

Melbourne, Oct 15 : Almost 20 pct of the Australian kids suffer from anxiety disorder, courtesy fast paced living, says a leading expert.

Prof Paula Barrett, an international expert in childhood disorders insists that too little sleep, too many gadgets, too much sugar, too many demands and too little family support is making these kids overly anxious.