Frontiers in Psychiatry | Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Original Research

Published on 11 Mar 2026

Earlier age at onset is associated with more severe sensory phenomena in drug-naive, comorbidity-free patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Makoto Kawahito
Keitaro Murayama
Hirofumi Tomiyama
Kenta Kato
Kou Matsukuma
Nami Nishida
Takuro Kamio
Kana Tsunoda
Kenta Sashikata
Mingi Kang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1774594

109 views

Original Research

Published on 09 Mar 2026

Utilizing artificial intelligence to assess academic exam anxiety, perceived stress, and achievement motivation among college students

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Zuhal Y. Hamd
Zamzam A. Mohmed
Nouf Alroqaiba
Sherine Mohamed Elzagawy
Hala Abd Ellatif Elsayed
Maha Mahmoud Lashin
Maha Aldera
Amal I. Alorainy

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1686106

548 views

Original Research

Accepted on 06 Mar 2026

Nonlinear relationships between fatigue, fear of COVID-19, and PTSD among mental health professionals: the findings of a multi-site survey in China

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Wei Zhang
He-Li Sun
Pan Chen
Qinge Zhang
Sha Sha
Zhaohui Su
Teris Cheung
Gabor Ungvari
Todd Jackson
Feng-Rong An

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Original Research

Accepted on 06 Mar 2026

Beyond Standard Therapy: Clinical Transdiagnostic Study Evaluating Mindfulness-Based Training as an Adjunct to CBT for Dissociation

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Oleg Fedyk
Bernhard Croissant
Claudia Schulz
Rene Hurlemann

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Brief Research Report

Published on 05 Mar 2026

Eye-tracking evidence of an association between social anxiety and avoidance of threatening faces in healthy women

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Hanna Dietel
Taavi Wenk
Anette Kersting
Thomas Suslow
Vivien Günther

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1712931

436 views

Case Report

Published on 03 Mar 2026

Case Report: Psychological acupuncture for severe cynophobia with comorbid PTSD

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Zixuan Wang
Wenchao Dan
Siqing Wang
Shouchun Zhang
Guangzhong Zhang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1753017

114 views

Original Research

Accepted on 02 Mar 2026

Therapeutic exercise is associated with dose-dependent reductions in acute anxiety across psychiatric diagnoses

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Sandra Perunova
Inese Kokina
Indrikis Krams

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Original Research

Accepted on 27 Feb 2026

Differences in Brain Functioning Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Clinical Study Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Luyao Wang
Yuan Tian
Yiping Luo
Qiao Lu
Genwen Sun
Xia Deng
Xu Zhang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Mini Review

Accepted on 26 Feb 2026

Precision Phenotyping of Elevated Arousal in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Implications for Personalized GABAergic Pharmacotherapy

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Vitaliana R. Vasquez
Jonathon Richard Howlett

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Original Research

Published on 26 Feb 2026

Increased anxiety symptoms in adolescents led by school phobia: a community-based study

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Mengye Cao
Wenwen Shen
Fang Cheng
Wenwu Zhang
Suxian Tan
Xiulian Qian
Song Yuan
Shaohua Wang
Guoling Zhou
Deborah Baofeng Wang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1773347

400 views

Case Report

Published on 25 Feb 2026

Case Report: rTMS for recurrent major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder comorbid with atrial fibrillation

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Vipul Reddy
Nadia Frutkin
Abeer Singh
Manya Pappu
Khimaya Raval
Mark Odron
Charles Vigilia
Kenneth Blum
David Baron
Keerthy Sunder

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1719274

398 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Feb 2026

Environmental sensitivity and psychosocial characteristics in junior high school students with school refusal

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Satoshi Nobusako
Harumi Mouri
Emiko Takata

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1709549

527 views

Original Research

Published on 24 Feb 2026

Elevated cortisol/DHEA ratio mediates the association between symptom severity and working memory impairment in drug-naive, first-episode OCD

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Fangqing Song
Yuhan Li
Shaoxia Wang
Yanrong Wang
Jianqun Fang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1771513

319 views

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Feb 2026

Interpretable Analysis of Social Anxiety Status and Influencing Factors Among College Students

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Qilu Deng
Xuewen Zhang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Original Research

Accepted on 23 Feb 2026

Belief inflexibility reduces the impact of allostatic overload on psychotic-like experiences among Ukrainian refugees

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Julian Maciaszek
Julia Aleinikova
Agnieszka Dybek
Blazej Misiak

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Original Research

Accepted on 20 Feb 2026

Relationship between Rumination and Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – a Cross-sectional Network Analysis

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Olena Zhabenko
Ziv Ben-Zion
Paul Raffelhüschen
Achim Burrer
Erich Seifritz
Stefan Jost
Kathrin Preller
Or Duek
Megan Paterson
Robert H Pietrzak

Frontiers in Psychiatry

107 views

Systematic Review

Published on 18 Feb 2026

The association of statin use with the risk of anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Yutong Yan
Sijing Deng
Ying Li
Jie Fu
Hongxia Gong
Haiyan Zhang
Feng Zhang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1769044

345 views

General Commentary

Published on 17 Feb 2026

Commentary: Deep learning in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a narrative review

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Olga Kashevarova
Galina Portnova
Guzal Khayrullina
Krystsina Liaukovich
Ekaterina Proshina
Anastasia Gaidareva
Rohit Verma
Rupali Bhardwaj
Olga Martynova

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1776019

349 views

Original Research

Accepted on 16 Feb 2026

ADOPT model combined with structured health education alleviates the preoperative anxiety of patients undergoing preventive ileostomy

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

shuwen Wu
yingting Zhang
yayun Pan
jing Qin

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Original Research

Published on 16 Feb 2026

Effectiveness of psychological intervention based on implicit theory combined with virtual reality in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm receiving their first cerebral angiography after flow-diverter stent implantation

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Yu-juan Wang
Min Gao
Ke-xin Jiang
Wang Feng
Xiao-lin Wang

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1697452

316 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Psychological status and clinical outcomes in ankle arthrodesis: preoperative predictors and postoperative changes

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

ZhanHua Zhang
ShiHang Cao
Yi Li
Jun Lu
Dong Hu
JunKui Xu

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1691593

289 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

Risk of anxiety disorder following ankylosing spondylitis, 2012-2023: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Seung Won Lee
Yejin Lee
Chaeyoon Kang
Haerim Cho
Jin Hoon Park
Jae June Dong
Habtamu Milkias Wolde
Won-Suk Shin
Hohyun Jung
Youngoh Bae

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1686890

700 views

Original Research

Published on 13 Feb 2026

The effect of proactive coping on posttraumatic growth among mobilized military personnel with various marital statuses after participating in combat operations

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Ihor Prykhodko
Yanina Matsehora
Nataliia Kucherenko
Kateryna Marushchenko
Yurii Rumiantsev
Viktoriia Kuzina
Viktoriia Vintoniak

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1770239

430 views

Brief Research Report

Published on 11 Feb 2026

Derivation of an updated brief multivariable prediction model to detect panic-related anxiety in emergency department patients with cardiopulmonary complaints

in Anxiety and Stress Disorders

Sharon C. Sung
Felicia J.L. Ang
Arul Earnest
Leslie E.C. Lim
Shreshtha Jolly
Gilaine Ng
A. John Rush
Marcus E.H. Ong

Frontiers in Psychiatry

doi 10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1750468

456 views

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Earlier age at onset is associated with more severe sensory phenomena in drug-naive, comorbidity-free patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Utilizing artificial intelligence to assess academic exam anxiety, perceived stress, and achievement motivation among college students

Nonlinear relationships between fatigue, fear of COVID-19, and PTSD among mental health professionals: the findings of a multi-site survey in China

Beyond Standard Therapy: Clinical Transdiagnostic Study Evaluating Mindfulness-Based Training as an Adjunct to CBT for Dissociation

Eye-tracking evidence of an association between social anxiety and avoidance of threatening faces in healthy women

Case Report: Psychological acupuncture for severe cynophobia with comorbid PTSD

Therapeutic exercise is associated with dose-dependent reductions in acute anxiety across psychiatric diagnoses

Differences in Brain Functioning Between Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Generalized Anxiety Disorder: A Clinical Study Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Precision Phenotyping of Elevated Arousal in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Implications for Personalized GABAergic Pharmacotherapy

Increased anxiety symptoms in adolescents led by school phobia: a community-based study

Case Report: rTMS for recurrent major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder comorbid with atrial fibrillation

Environmental sensitivity and psychosocial characteristics in junior high school students with school refusal

Elevated cortisol/DHEA ratio mediates the association between symptom severity and working memory impairment in drug-naive, first-episode OCD

Interpretable Analysis of Social Anxiety Status and Influencing Factors Among College Students

Belief inflexibility reduces the impact of allostatic overload on psychotic-like experiences among Ukrainian refugees

Relationship between Rumination and Symptoms of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder – a Cross-sectional Network Analysis

The association of statin use with the risk of anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Commentary: Deep learning in obsessive-compulsive disorder: a narrative review

ADOPT model combined with structured health education alleviates the preoperative anxiety of patients undergoing preventive ileostomy

Effectiveness of psychological intervention based on implicit theory combined with virtual reality in patients with unruptured intracranial aneurysm receiving their first cerebral angiography after flow-diverter stent implantation

Psychological status and clinical outcomes in ankle arthrodesis: preoperative predictors and postoperative changes

Risk of anxiety disorder following ankylosing spondylitis, 2012-2023: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea

The effect of proactive coping on posttraumatic growth among mobilized military personnel with various marital statuses after participating in combat operations

Derivation of an updated brief multivariable prediction model to detect panic-related anxiety in emergency department patients with cardiopulmonary complaints