Each month our editorial team sifts through hundreds of papers and curates notable findings—for practitioners and informed readers who want to stay current with the evidence. Subscribe to the monthly Research Digest for expert analysis and concise summaries of key papers.
2 papers
This paper describes a 23-year-old woman whose recurring dizziness was linked to panic attacks and agoraphobia and who got better after medicine and therapy. The authors review studies showing that many people who complain of dizziness have anxiety or panic disorders, that routine ear and balance tests can be normal,…
This meta-analysis combined 85 studies with 764,403 adults to estimate how common anxiety and depression are in people with vestibular disorders. It found higher rates of anxiety (31.4% vs. 8.3%) and depression (28.3% vs. 4.7%) in people with vestibular problems than in controls. The pooled relative risks were higher for…
