Supplement Claims for Anxiety: What the Evidence Supports
What the research actually shows for popular anxiety supplements including magnesium, ashwagandha, L-theanine, and others, and why most evidence is weak.
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Exercise for Anxiety: What the Trial Evidence Actually Shows
What randomized trials of exercise for anxiety actually find, why the evidence is harder to interpret than it seems, and what questions remain open.
The Gut-Brain Axis and Anxiety: What the Evidence Supports
What the research on gut microbiome and anxiety actually shows, why most evidence comes from animal models, and what human trials have and haven't found.
The Genetics of Anxiety: What Twin and Family Studies Actually Show
What twin studies, family studies and GWAS tell us about the heritability of anxiety, why specific genes haven't been found, and what genetic risk actually means.
GAD-7 Scores: What They Actually Mean
What GAD-7 scores mean, how cutoffs were set, what the test misses, and why a single number doesn't capture anxiety.
Brain Imaging Studies of Anxiety: What They Show and What They Don't
Why brain imaging studies of anxiety are less conclusive than they appear, common methodological problems, and what fMRI can and cannot tell us about anxiety.
Mindfulness for Anxiety: What the Research Actually Looks Like
What mindfulness trials for anxiety actually measure, the methodological problems that limit conclusions, and what the evidence can and cannot tell you.
Self-Report vs Clinician-Rated Measures: Do They Tell the Same Story?
How self-report questionnaires and clinician-rated scales differ in anxiety research, when they disagree, and what that means for interpreting results.
Why Long-Term Follow-Up Data Is Scarce in Anxiety Research
Why most anxiety studies lack long-term follow-up, what happens to treatment gains over time, and how dropout and design choices limit what we know.
What a Cochrane Review Tells You (and What It Doesn't)
What a Cochrane review is, why it's considered high-quality evidence, and what its limitations are when applied to anxiety treatments.