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- Half of Adults With Anxiety Disorders Had Psychiatric Diagnoses in Youth
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February 7, 2007
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Science Update
About half of adults with an anxiety disorder had symptoms of some type of psychiatric illness by age 15, a NIMH-funded study shows.
- Mouse Model May Reveal Anxiety Gene, Marker for Antidepressant Failure
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November 9, 2006
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Science Update
Studies of a new mouse model suggest that a specific gene variation plays a role in the development of anxiety disorders and in resistance to common medications for anxiety and depression.
- Obesity Linked with Mood and Anxiety Disorders
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July 3, 2006
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Science Update
Results of an NIMH-funded study show that nearly one out of four cases of obesity is associated with a mood or anxiety disorder, but the causal relationship and complex interplay between the two is still unclear.
- Intermittent Explosive Disorder Affects up to 16 Million Americans
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June 5, 2006
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Press Release
A little-known mental disorder marked by episodes of unwarranted anger is more common than previously thought, a study funded by NIMH has found.
- Gene Knockout Scores a Fearless Mouse
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November 22, 2005
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Knocking out a gene in the brain's fear hub creates mice unperturbed by situations that would normally trigger instinctive or learned fear responses.
- Rat Brain’s Executive Hub Quells Alarm Center if Stress is Controllable
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February 11, 2005
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Treatments for mood and anxiety disorders are thought to work, in part, by helping patients control the stresses in their lives. A new study in rats by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantees provides insight into the brain mechanisms likely involved.
- Creation of New Neurons Critical to Antidepressant Action in Mice
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August 7, 2003
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Blocking the formation of neurons in the hippocampus blocks the behavioral effects of antidepressants in mice, say researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- NIMH Awards Howard University $6.5 Million
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January 25, 2002
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Howard University Hospital Department of Psychiatry in the College of Medicine (HUCM) has been awarded $6.5 million from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) for a five-year project to implement and develop research studies pertaining to mood and anxiety disorders.
