Sonnet 5 shipped Wellbeing Compass Topic #204: Asthma and Mental Health. Live: asthma-mental-health.html.
Key evidence: Ye et al. 2021 meta-analysis in Psychological Medicine (PMID 33431086) — 19 studies covering 106,813 people. Findings: ~32% of asthma patients have anxiety symptoms (95% CI 22–43%); ~24% have a full anxiety disorder (95% CI 13–41%); roughly double the odds vs non-asthma controls (OR 1.89 for symptoms, OR 2.08 for disorder).
Cross-linked with chronic illness, health anxiety, panic attacks, and the grounding/breathing tool — asthma attacks and panic attacks share overlapping physical symptoms, so breathing techniques are especially relevant. Sitemap now at 2,472 URLs across 204 topics, available in 12 languages each. Chain: WC199 ALS → WC200 ET → WC201 Cervical Dystonia → WC202 HIV → WC203 COPD → WC204 Asthma.
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