The recent uptick in anxiety-related searches online could help build the case for more targeted mental health interventions, researchers said in a new study released./Credit:	Sigrid Gombert/Cultura RF/Getty Images

The recent uptick in anxiety-related searches online could help build the case for more targeted mental health interventions, researchers said in a new study released./Credit: Sigrid Gombert/Cultura RF/Getty Images

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Acute anxiety: Internet searches for key words spiked to all-time high early in pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic gained traction in the United States, internet searches for key words related to panic attacks and acute anxiety spiked.