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ReviewCurrent psychiatry reports2025

War Anxiety: A Review.

Stephen X Zhang, Lambert Zixin Li

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Review in Current psychiatry reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Stephen X Zhang *University of Adelaide, 9-30 Nexus10 Tower, 10 Pulteney St, Adelaide, SA, 5000, Australia. stephen.x.zhang@gmail.com.
Lambert Zixin Li *Stanford University, 152B East Faculty Building, 655 Knight Way, Stanford, CA, 94305-7298, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThis review critically evaluates literature on war-induced anxiety, highlighting findings from 2021 to 2024, especially during the Russia-Ukraine war. RECENT

findingsMeasures and prevalence estimates of anxiety and fear are updated. Populations affected by armed conflicts include residents of conflict zones and neighboring countries, internally displaced persons, refugees, combatants, and healthcare and humanitarian aid workers. Socioeconomic factors predict anxiety incidence and individuals differ in coping strategies. Anxiety could have long-term adverse effects over the life-course and across generations. Community and online interventions may reduce anxiety. The review underscores research directions in war-related anxiety's definition and assessment, risk and protective factors, health and societal consequences, and prevention and treatment approaches. The review provides an update for mental health researchers and practitioners working with the victims of war and other crises, often compounded by additional layers of stress of social inequalities, political divisions, and ethnic and racial tensions.

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AnxietyArmed ConflictsWarfareHumansRefugeesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticAnxietyArmed conflictCrisisDistressFearWar

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