Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers used the KCAT computerized adaptive mental health screening program to test children for ...

Calming angry or anxious patients who need dermatologic surgery requires carefully selected words and actions, according to a ...

The utilization of virtual reality was found to decrease preoperative anxiety in older patients undergoing open-heart surgery, according to a study published Jan. 4 in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. One ...

PHILADELPHIA — A new, computerized, mental health assessment tool may allow doctors to quickly identify children experiencing anxiety or depression before surgery, suggests new research presented at ...

I've always been nearsighted, but my vision hasn't been too bad. I typically had to wear glasses only while doing certain tasks. When my right eye got worse, it made me anxious, and I decided to get ...

Viewing social media content about surgical treatments before third-molar surgery may increase patients' perioperative anxiety, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Oral and ...

A newly developed website provides parents and children with individualized information and support -- based on factors like coping style and levels of worry and fear -- to help lower anxiety before ...

Within the next year, about 50 million people will undergo surgery in the United States. And with rare exceptions, all of these people — both adults and children — will suffer from anxiety beforehand.

A randomized trial conducted at Sanbo Brain Hospital in Beijing, China, suggested that aromatherapy with lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) essential oil may play a relevant role in the postoperative ...

APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) --An Appleton hospital is wheeling in comfort for its youngest patients with new remote-control ride-on cars. The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Surgery Team at ThedaCare ...