Mental Health
Anxiety: What Research Says About CBT, Exercise, Mindfulness and Breathing
Anxiety disorders affect roughly 1 in 5 US adults in a given year, according to NIMH figures from a 2001–2003 survey. Cognitive behavioral therapy has the strongest evidence, exercise and mindfulness show promise, and breathing techniques have the weakest. This article lays out how large the effects are and where the evidence is thin.