Anxiety & Stress

A Call for Leadership: Lessons Learnt from a Case of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Augmented Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).

Digital Monitoring of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Users Through Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Measures and Electronic Patient-Reported Experience Measures: Multicenter Prospective Study on Feasibility, Safety, and Predictive Modeling of Digital Engagement.

BACKGROUND: Digital health tools integrating electronic patient-reported outcome and experience measures (ePROMs/ePREMs) enable longitudinal monitoring of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), psychological well-being, and treatment satisfaction in pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) users. However, determinants of sustained engagement with digital follow-up platforms remain insufficiently character...

Web-Based Personalized Machine Learning Recommendations to Enhance Shared Decision-Making in Prostate-Specific Antigen Screening: Randomized Controlled Trial.

BACKGROUND: Prostate‑specific antigen (PSA) screening involves complex trade‑offs between early detection and the risks of overdiagnosis. For older ad...

Wearable ECG and PPG for anxiety detection: a translational digital medicine perspective.

Anxiety disorders affect hundreds of millions of people worldwide, yet objective and continuous assessment remains limited in clinical practice. To ou...

Vocal Fundamental Frequency and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Insights from a Large Multi-Country Cohort in Africa.

OBJECTIVE: Voice-based biomarkers have been proposed as objective tools for anxiety assessment, yet existing research relies on small, demographically...

Interpretable multi-omics machine learning reveals drought-driven shifts in plant-microbe interactions.

BACKGROUND: Plant-microbe interactions in the rhizosphere are central to plant growth, nutrient acquisition, and stress resilience. Although multi-omi...

Evaluating Public Sentiment on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder Compared With Other Mental Health Disorders From Posts on X (Formerly Known as Twitter): Longitudinal Analysis.

BACKGROUND: Neurodevelopmental disorders, especially attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and autism spectrum disorder (ASD), have seen a m...

The relationship between mental health disorders and LUTS.

This narrative review explores the complex relationship between lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and mental health disorders, focusing on the influ...

Digital and AI-enhanced psychosocial interventions in breast cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

PURPOSE: Digital and AI-supported psychosocial interventions are increasingly implemented to address psychological distress among women with breast ca...

A Gamified Pain Management Intervention for Adults With Chronic Pain in Mainland China: Single-Arm Pre-Post Pilot Study With Machine Learning Predictive Modeling.

BACKGROUND: The widespread prevalence of chronic pain (CP) significantly impacts daily functioning worldwide. In mainland China, maintaining engagemen...

Linking brain structure to stress reactivity: cingulate surface area predicts acute cortisol responses.

BACKGROUND: Altered stress responses are closely linked to mental disorders, but the role of brain structure in acute cortisol responses to psychosoci...

Electrocardiogram-Based Mental Stress Detection Amid Everyday Activities Using Machine Learning: Model Development and Validation Study.

BACKGROUND: Frequent, sustained stress is linked to poor health and requires monitoring for early intervention. Electrocardiograms (ECG) are promising...

How self-efficacy influences Chinese university students' GenAI dependency: A study of the mediating roles of social anxiety and rumination and the moderating role of mindfulness.

With the recent, rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, an increasing number of university students are relying on generative a...

Identifying minimal risk factors for adolescent suicidal ideation and suicide attempts: A machine learning-optimized approach.

This study aimed to develop and validate a machine learning (ML) model to identify the minimal risk factors for adolescent suicidal behaviors, includi...

High-resolution LA-ICP-MS imaging combined with attention-enhanced residual network reveal cadmium-induced metal distribution heterogeneity and toxicity in Mytilus galloprovincialis.

Marine bivalves often face heavy metal stress, yet we still lack of high-resolution way to observe the metal pollution status in soft tissue. This stu...

The relationship between artificial intelligence literacy and artificial intelligence anxiety: A cross-sectional study among pediatric nurses.

AIM: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between pediatric nurses' levels of artificial intelligence literacy and artificial intelligence...

Training an AI Chatbot to Manage Health in Underserved Populations: Methodological Approach.

BACKGROUND: Health disparities such as morbidity and mortality among childbearing women remain high in the United States, especially among those with ...

Anterior midcingulate cortex activity during pain catastrophizing predicts and sequentially tracks reduction in pain interference after cognitive behavioral therapy in fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain disorder characterized by widespread pain, fatigue, and functional disability. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) ...

The Psychological Pathways to AI Resistance: Religiosity, Populism and Anxiety as Predictors of AI Engagement.

This study investigates how religiosity affects individuals' intentions to engage with artificial intelligence (AI) using a non-WEIRD sample (N = 422)...

The Mediating Role of Artificial Intelligence Anxiety in The Effect of Nurses' Attitudes Toward Health Technologies on Their Readiness for Medical Artificial Intelligence.

AIM: This study aims to evaluate the mediating role of artificial intelligence (AI) anxiety in the effect of nurses' attitudes toward health technolog...