A key question in the classification of anxiety disorders is whether the DSM-IV classification system describes distinct useful categories. There is a great deal of overlap in clinical populations. You do not find many individual who have one unique disorder. Typically, someone with say panic disorder is likely to have one or more additional anxiety disorder such as social phobi
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September 22, 2010
The Neurobiology of Anxiety Disorders
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May 19, 2010
A New Drug That Decreases Anxiety And Stabilizes Mood?
This study formulates the hypothesis that rufinamide, a drug so far used against epilepsy, may also be effective in bipolar disorder, depressive and anxiety disorders, panic disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder, eating disorders, and substance use disorders. It is just an hypothesis based on two cases that needs to be confirmed by specific studies...
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December 8, 2009
Higher Blood Lead Levels Associated With Depression, Panic Disorder In Young Adults With Low Levels Of Lead Exposure
Young adults with higher blood lead levels appear more likely to have major depression and panic disorders, even if they have exposure to lead levels generally considered safe, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
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November 19, 2009
Focusing on the “what ifs”: A practical guide to worry exposure
by Joye C. Anestis The empirically-supported treatment for pretty much any anxiety disorder involves some sort of exposure. For obsessive-compulsive disorder, it might be exposure to germs. For panic disorder, exposure to, say, hyperventilation. For PTSD, exposure to a traumatic...
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May 11, 2009
Turning Panic Disorder on Its Head
If you have ever suffered from panic attacks then you know how terrifying they can be. Your first panic attack came out of nowhere-you suddenly found yourself shaking, trembling with fear, short of breath, feeling like you are going to collapse and then you thought that the end was coming. In my last blog on panic disorder-- Do You Have Panic Disorder?-- I described the process of developing pani
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April 23, 2009
Are Older Patients Denied Access To Psychological Services Due To Ageism In The UK?
New research has found that there are serious gaps in the treatments available to older patients experiencing later life problems associated with old age including depression, anxiety disorders, panic disorder and sleep disorders in the U.K.
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