The chapters in this section reflect the advances that have been made in our understanding of the molecular neurobiology and neural circuits underlying fear and anxiety states and the potential for badly needed advances in the diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of anxiety disorders. Many readers will be surprised by the data cited in the Kessler and Greenberg chapter on the economic burd...

Anxiety disorders, including panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and separation anxiety disorder, are the most prevalent mental disorders and are associated with immense health care costs and a high burden of disease. According to large population-based surveys, up to 33.7% of the population are affected by an anxi...

The last 30 years have seen a dramatic increase in clinical research on a group of mental conditions labeled “anxiety disorders” in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) nomenclature. While the term “anxiety” has been applied to diverse phenomena in the psychoanalytic, learning-based, and neurobiological literature, the term “anxiety” in the clinical psychopathological...

BACKGROUND Uncertainties exist about the prevalence and comorbidity of substance use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders. OBJECTIVE To present nationally representative data on the prevalence and comorbidity of DSM-IV alcohol and drug use disorders and independent mood and anxiety disorders (including only those that are not substance induced and that are not due to a general...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the associations between anxiety and depressive symptoms in normal subjects and patients with mood and/or anxiety disorders, using the Japaneses version of Spielberger's STAI and the Zung SDS. METHODS The subjects for the present study were 60 normal subjects, 15 patients with anxiety disorders and, 12 patients with mood disorders meeting the DSM-IV diagnostic criter...

aim : the aim of present study was to screen two categories of psychiatric disorders in chronic functional constipation. background : it has been established that the prevalence of mood and anxiety disorders among patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders is higher than in the general population. patients and methods : fifty four constipated patients were recruited from patients refer...

several investigations demonstrated that anxiety is the most common mental health disorder worldwide affected about one in 13 people. anxiety disorders are more commonly reported in western societies but it is also a main health problem in non-western countries as stress and anxiety levels have drastically increased over the last two decades. several wars in middle eastern countries in the last...

the present study examines the effect of conversation based on philosophical stories in the community of inquiry on the reduction of the signs of anxiety disorders in the children between 11 and 12 of tehran. this semi-empirical study was conducted in terms of test and control groups. the participants of the study consisted of all fifth and sixth grade students of public schools of tehran (n=50...

child maltreatment that includes emotional abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse and neglect has been widely documented as a risk factor for diverse negative consequences in adolescence and adulthood (suderman & deprince, 2015).for adolescents, these consequences include educational problems, heightened rates of law infringement, aggressive behavior, as well as various mental disorders such as mo...

background:excess weight may be associated with mental distress and this relationship varies according to the socio-cultural background of different populations. this study aims to assess the relationship of overweight and obesity with some psychological disorders in a nationally representative sample of iranian adolescents. methods:this nationwide study was conducted in 2009-2010 among 5570 st...