This study examined the interrelationships among anxiety, personality disorders, and coping strategies in anxious older adults (n = 28; age range = 55-89; mean = 66.0), nonanxious older adults (n = 100, age range = 55-79, mean = 64.6 ), and anxious younger adults (n = 132; age range = 17-30; mean = 20.2). Younger participants were college students and older participants were community-based fam...

OBJECTIVE Anxious depression is a distinct clinical subtype of major depressive disorder (MDD) characterized by palpitations, somatic complaints, altered interoceptive awareness, high risk of suicide, and poor response to pharmacotherapy. However, the neural mechanisms of anxious depression are still not well understood. In this study we investigated changes in neural oscillation during the res...

Theory and treatment for childhood anxiety disorders typically implicates children's negative cognitions, yet little is known about the characteristics of thinking styles of clinically anxious children. In particular, it is unclear whether differences in thinking styles between children with anxiety disorders and non-anxious children vary as a function of child age, whether particular cognitive...

OBJECTIVE To explain the differential course of anxiety and depression in individuals from childhood to adulthood by examining age-related changes in the genetic and environmental etiology of anxious and depressive symptoms. METHOD A sample of 1470, 1839, and 2023 Dutch twins aged 12, 14, and 16 years reported on symptoms of anxious depression (AD) and withdrawn behavior (WB), using the Youth...

Delivering and receiving a postnatal diagnosis of Down syndrome is not an easy experience for most physicians or parents. In this study, 467 mothers of children with Down syndrome in Spain completed a survey about the postnatal support services they received immediately following the diagnosis of their child. Mothers reported feeling anxious, frightened, guilty, angry, and, in rare cases, suici...

UNLABELLED Anxious depression, defined as major depressive disorder (MDD) accompanied by high levels of anxiety, seems to be difficult to treat with traditional antidepressant monotherapy. The purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of ziprasidone monotherapy in patients with anxious depression versus non-anxious depression. One hundred and twenty outpatients were enrolled in a 12-week...

Although many genetic association studies have been carried out, it remains unclear which genes contribute to depression. This may be due to heterogeneity of the DSM-IV category of depression. Specific symptom-dimensions provide a more homogenous phenotype. Furthermore, as effects of individual genes are small, analysis of genetic data at the pathway-level provides more power to detect associat...

Adolescence is accompanied by specific biological, cognitive, and identity changes. A decreased level of tolerance and identity anxieties are among the signs that can emerge during this period and affect students’ mental health and their quality of academic life. This study aimed to determine the effect of mindfulness based on cognitive-behavioral therapy focusing on anger management regarding ...