A network of emotion-regulating brain regions implicated in the pathological worry that can grip patients with anxiety disorders may also be useful for predicting the benefits of treatment. A new study appearing online Jan. 2 reports that high levels of brain activity in an emotional center called the...
Expectant Brains Help Predict Anxiety Treatment Success
Research Finds Genetic Connection Between PTSD, Depression And Anxiety
Earthquakes have aftershocks - not just the geological kind but the mental kind as well. Just like veterans of war, earthquake survivors can experience post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and anxiety. In 1988, a massive earthquake in Armenia killed 17,000 people and destroyed nearly half the town...
Stress Related Disorders Affect Brain’s Processing Of Memory
Researchers using functional MRI (fMRI) have determined that the circuitry in the area of the brain responsible for suppressing memory is dysfunctional in patients suffering from stress-related psychiatric disorders. Results of the study will be presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society...
Patients With Anxiety Disorders Think They Have More Physiological Problems Than They Really Have, According To A Study
A doctoral thesis carried out at the University of Granada has proved that patients with serious anxiety disorders (panic disorder with and without agoraphobia, social anxiety disorder or generalized anxiety disorder) think they suffer more physiological (palpitations, sweating, irregular breathing,...
Can Anxiety Affect Coagulation Parameters?
Psychological stress and anxiety have been shown to produce an activation of coagulation and fibrinolysis. Resulting hypercoagulability is a risk factor for cardiovascular diseases, and could therefore contribute to an increased prevalence of coronary artery disease in anxiety patients. However, hemostasis...
NIMH Funded Study Demonstrates That 3 Treatments Work For Childhood And Adolescent Anxiety Disorders
A study presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 55th Annual Meeting in Chicago demonstrates three treatments are effective in treating anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. According to the study, supported by the National Institutes of Health’s National...
Trubion Reports Re-treatment Results Following Phase 1/2a And Phase 2b Studies Evaluating TRU-015 For Rheumatoid Arthritis
Trubion Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: TRBN) announced positive data from a Phase 1/2a study demonstrating that repeat administration with TRU-015 continues to produce persistent responses and significant improvements in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) signs and symptoms based on American College of Rheumatology...
Mouse Genes Guide Search For Human Anxiety Disorder Genes
We are all familiar with the question - “Are you a man or a mouse?” What if the answer is “a little of both”? Because of the power of molecular genetics research in animals and the maturation of animal models, the path to identifying genes involved in particular types of behavior,...
Time Management — Tips To Reduce Stress
Many women know the overwhelmed feeling caused by too much to do and too little time. Better time management can help you do more. And it has health benefits, such as less stress and a better quality of life. The October issue of Mayo Clinic Women’s HealthSource offers tips to improve time management....
APA Poll Finds Economic Stress Taking Toll On Women, Hispanics
The declining state of the Nation’s economy is taking a physical and emotional toll on all people nationwide, yet financial stress is impacting women and Hispanics in particular, according to data from the American Psychological Association’s newly released 2008 Stress in America survey. When...