Beta-Blockers for Anxiety: What the Evidence Actually Supports
What research shows about beta-blockers (propranolol) for anxiety, where the evidence is strongest, and why off-label use has outpaced the trial data.
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Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Anxiety: What the Trials Show
What randomized trials show about progressive muscle relaxation for anxiety, how it compares with other approaches, and where the evidence is strong versus weak.
Ecological Momentary Assessment: Measuring Anxiety as It Happens
What ecological momentary assessment is, how it differs from retrospective questionnaires, what it has revealed about anxiety that standard measures miss, and its limitations.
Breathing Exercises for Anxiety: What the Evidence Supports
What research shows about breathing techniques for anxiety, which mechanisms are supported, and why the evidence is better for acute relief than lasting change.
Online vs In-Person Therapy for Anxiety: What Trials Compare
What randomized trials show about internet-delivered CBT for anxiety versus face-to-face therapy, where the evidence is strong, and what gaps remain.
Therapy Dropout Rates in Anxiety Treatment: What the Numbers Mean
How common dropout is in anxiety therapy trials and clinical practice, what predicts it, why it matters for interpreting treatment evidence, and what it means for individual decisions.
Childhood Predictors of Anxiety Disorders: What Longitudinal Data Shows
What longitudinal studies reveal about childhood temperament, adversity, parenting, and other predictors of anxiety disorders, and why prediction is weaker than it sounds.
Social Media and Anxiety: How Study Design Shapes the Conclusions
How different study designs produce different conclusions about social media and anxiety, why most research can't establish causation, and what the best evidence shows.
Screen Time and Anxiety: What the Studies Actually Measure
Why studies linking screen time to anxiety are mostly correlational, what the effect sizes are, and why the causal story is more complicated than headlines suggest.
Floor and Ceiling Effects in Anxiety Measures: Why Scores Can Be Misleading at the Extremes
What floor and ceiling effects are in anxiety measurement, which common scales are vulnerable, how these effects distort treatment research, and what alternatives exist.