Epileptic patients present with psychiatric disorders more frequently than the general population and patients with other chronic medical conditions. Psychiatric disorders can co-occur with epilepsy and can be caused by epilepsy. Personality changes, as well as psychosis, and mood or anxiety disorders can occur in association with epilepsy. Anxiety disorders due to epilepsy can manifest as gene...

BACKGROUND This investigation assessed the effect of personality disorders (PersDs) on time to remission in patients with generalized anxiety disorder, social phobia, or panic disorder. METHODS Selected Axis I and II predictors of time to remission during 5 years of follow-up were assessed in 514 patients with 1 or more of these anxiety disorders who participated in the Harvard/Brown Anxiety ...

OBJECTIVE Biological explanations of psychopathology can reduce the extent to which people with mental disorders are blamed for their symptoms but can also yield prognostic pessimism--the belief that psychiatric conditions are relatively immutable. However, few studies have examined whether these effects occur among persons who actually have psychiatric symptoms. This study sought to address th...

Twenty-four social phobics with public speaking anxiety and 25 nonphobic individuals (controls) gave a speech in front of two people. Subjective anxiety, gaze behavior, and speech disturbances were assessed. Based on subjects' fear ratings of social situations, phobics and controls were divided into the generalized and nongeneralized subtype. Results showed that generalized phobics reported the...

anxiety is a mental state that is elicited in anticipation of threat or potential threat. sensations of anxiety are a normal part of human experience, but excessive or inappropriate anxiety can become an illness. anxiety is part of the normal human experience. we may speculate that it served human survival during evolution by enhancing preparedness and alertness. however, anxious manifestations...

Emotion regulation difficulties have been implicated in the maintenance of many anxiety disorders. However, existing research has relied mostly on self-report measures of emotion regulation or one type of mood induction. The present study examined the relationships between anxiety symptoms and emotional reactivity and tolerance using multiple assessment methodologies. Participants (N=122) compl...

Anxiety Disorders What Are Anxiety Disorders? Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Panic Disorder/Agoraphobia Obsessive/Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Social Phobia (or Social Anxiety Disorder) How Are Anxiety Disorders Treated? The Role of Exercise in Treating Anxiety Disorders Adapting Physical Activity Programs Eating Disorders Anorexia Nervosa (AN) Bulimia Nervosa Binge Eating Disorder (BED) Treat...

Treatment of generalized anxiety disorder Anxiety disorders—generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), panic disorder (PD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and social anxiety disorder (SAD)—are common, persistent, and cause substantial impairment. With lifetime prevalence estimates of over 25%, they constitute a group that is the most frequently occurring of...

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is a common condition, with a lifetime prevalence of approximately 5% in the United States adult population according to the Epidemiological Catchment Area (ECA) study [1]. In comparison, Kendler et al [2] reported a lifetime prevalence of 3.6%. The National Comorbidity Survey reported a lifetime prevalence of 5.1% [3]. An international (World Health Organizat...