Clinically proven to reduce anxiety by

Name: Research - Clinical Evidence & Studies | Unwinding Anxiety
Creator: Dr. Jud Brewer

67%

Unwinding Anxiety isn't just another wellness app. It's a clinically-validated treatment backed by randomised controlled trials and published in peer-reviewed medical journals.

What does 67% reduction actually mean?

Here's what our research participants experienced in their daily lives.

Better sleep

27% reduction in worry-related sleep disturbances. Falling asleep faster, staying asleep longer.

Less burnout

Physicians reported 50% reduction in burnout alongside anxiety reduction. More energy, less dread.

Calmer responses

Increased "non-reactivity" — the ability to feel anxiety without being controlled by it.

The research behind the results

Our flagship study, published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.

Randomised Controlled Trial: Generalised Anxiety Disorder

📅 2021👥 65 participants📊 Peer-reviewed

The Study

65 individuals with moderate to severe anxiety were randomly assigned to either treatment as usual (control) or treatment as usual plus the Unwinding Anxiety app.

Participants used the app for 2 months, completing 30 modules. Anxiety was measured using the GAD-7, a clinically validated assessment tool.

The Unwinding Anxiety group experienced a 67% reduction in anxiety symptoms vs just 14% in the control group.

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Anxiety reduction after 2 months

Unwinding Anxiety

67%

Control group

14%

Physician Anxiety & Burnout

57%anxiety reduction at 3 months

34 physicians with anxiety used the app. Within one month, both anxiety and burnout dropped by approximately 50%. At three months, anxiety was 57% lower than baseline.

JMIR mHealth and uHealth • 2020 • 34 participants

Sleep & Worry

27%reduction in sleep disturbances

80 people with worry-related sleep problems were randomised. The app group saw a 27% improvement in sleep quality, compared to just 6% in the control group.

Psychosomatic Medicine • 2022 • 80 participants

Real-world results at scale

Clinical trials are rigorous, but small. Here's what we're seeing across thousands of real users.

9,430

Members tracked

January 2020 – February 2024

23%

Reduction after 7 modules

73% of members who completed week 1

48%

Reduction after full program

40% of members who completed all modules

Data based on self-reported anxiety scores from app users who completed check-ins.

Dr. Jud Brewer

Psychiatrist, Neuroscientist & Creator of Unwinding Anxiety

Dr. Jud is a thought leader in the field of habit change and the science of self-mastery. He has spent over 20 years researching how the brain forms habits and how mindfulness can help break unwanted patterns.

His research has been published in leading journals including JAMA Psychiatry, Nature Reviews Neuroscience, and the American Journal of Psychiatry. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, and on NPR.

Brown UniversityYale School of MedicineMIT100+ publications

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