ITRI Develops Tech Therapy for Anxiety

ITRI develops tech therapy for anxiety

The Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed Taiwan’s first digital therapeutic technology for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), which combines noninvasive micro-electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve through the ear with physiological data analysis. The Taiwan-based applie

ITRI develops noninvasive in-ear vagus nerve stimulator for anxiety

Taipei, Aug. 16 (CNA) Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has developed a noninvasive in-ear vagus nerve stimulator that it said is Taiwan's first digital therapeutic technology for generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).

Finnish intervention programme reduces children's anxiety and improves functional ability — effects are still evident after two years

The follow-up of a randomized controlled trial shows that the internet-based Master Your Worries intervention programme for treating children’s anxiety has a long-term effect on the participants. Anxiety symptoms continued to reduce after two years and the impact of the therapy was clearly greater at that point than at six months. The results are internationally significant as this is the first randomised controlled trial to prove the long-term …