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Anxiety Disorder
Definition
Anxiety Disorder Definition
Anxiety disorder is characterized by persistent, excessive, and unrealistic worry about everyday things. Mild to moderate or occasion rigorous feelings of anxiety are ordinary reactions to stressors in our life. There are many types of anxiety disorders, including panic attacks, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety, and different phobias. Anxiety affects 6.8 million adults, or 3.1% of the U.S. population, in any given year. Women are twice as likely to be affected.
Latest Anxiety Disorder News
That anxiety may be in your gut, not in your head
For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive evidence that bacteria residing in the gut influence brain chemistry and behaviour.more
05 18, 2011
MSU leads first study of resiliency on the battlefield
In the first combat-zone study of its kind, a research team led by Michigan State University found that soldiers with a positive outlook in the most traumatic situations were less likely to suffer health problems such as anxiety and depression.more
01 04, 2011
New breathing therapy reduces panic and anxiety by reversing hyperventilation
A new treatment program teaches people who suffer from panic disorder how to reduce the terrorizing symptoms by normalizing their breathing.more
12 21, 2010
Sleep deprivation eliminates fear generalization
We commonly think of sleep as a healing process that melts away the stresses of the day, preparing us to deal with new challenges. Research has also shown that sleep plays a crucial role in the development of memories.more
12 08, 2010
Diagnosis uncertainty increases anxiety in patients
Have you ever felt uneasy sitting in a doctor's waiting room or climbed the walls waiting for your test results? That feeling of anxious uncertainty can be more stressful than knowing you have a serious illness, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological...more
11 29, 2010
Health anxiety cause for concern, says study
An abnormal preoccupation with health can be debilitating, the medical fraternity knows this too well.more
11 23, 2010
Doubled risk of anxiety for 18 month-old children with congenital heart defects
Research from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) shows that children with severe congenital heart defects have twice the risk of anxiety at 18 months of age compared to healthy children. more
11 17, 2010
Yoga can improve mood and lessen anxiety by increasing critical brain chemical
Yoga has a greater positive effect on a person's mood and anxiety level than walking and other forms of exercise, which may be due to higher levels of the brain chemical GABA according to an article in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, a peer-reviewed journal published...more
11 17, 2010
GUMC: fMRI predicts outcome to talk therapy in children with an anxiety disorder
A brain scan with functional MRI (fMRI) is enough to predict which patients with pediatric anxiety disorder will respond to "talk therapy," and so may not need to use psychiatric medication, say neuroscientists from Georgetown University Medical Center.more
11 15, 2010
Anxiety patients need a second check for heart problems
A new study warns that people with anxiety and depression are likely to have underlying heart problems and a test in addition to the routine cardiac test would be necessary to assess the risk.more
11 13, 2010
