Anxiety disorder

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Anxiety disorder is a blanket term covering several different forms of abnormal and pathological fears and anxieties which only came under the aegis of psychiatry at the very end of the 19th Century. Current psychiatric diagnostic criteria recognize a wide variety of anxiety disorders. Recent surveys have found that as many as 18% of Americans may be affected by one or more of them.

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Non-invasive technique blocks a conditioned fear in humans

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 09, 2009 | 4.3 / 5 (3) | 3

Scientists have for the first time selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation. Participants remained free of the fear memory for at least a year. The research builds on emerging ...

Study sheds light on brain's fear processing center

Medicine & Health / Research

Nov 25, 2009 | 5 / 5 (3) | 1

Breathing carbon dioxide can trigger panic attacks, but the biological reason for this effect has not been understood. A new study by University of Iowa researchers shows that carbon dioxide increases brain acidity, which ...

National survey tracks rates of common mental disorders among American youth

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 14, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Only about half of American children and teenagers who have certain mental disorders receive professional services, according to a nationally representative survey funded in part by the National Institute of Mental Health ...

Brain scans show distinctive patterns in people with generalized anxiety disorder

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

Dec 07, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 0

Scrambled connections between the part of the brain that processes fear and emotion and other brain regions could be the hallmark of a common anxiety disorder, according to a new study from the Stanford University School ...

Fear of anxiety linked to depression in above-average worriers

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Dec 01, 2009 | 5 / 5 (4) | 0

Anxiety sensitivity, or the fear of feeling anxious, may put people who are already above-average worriers at risk for depression, according to Penn State researchers. Understanding how sensitivity to anxiety is a risk factor ...