NIMH Pages about Anxiety Disorders
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Publications
- Anxiety Disorders
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A detailed booklet that describes the symptoms, causes, and treatments of the major anxiety disorders, with information on getting help and coping
Date: 2009
También disponible en Español - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Easy-to-Read)
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An easy-to-read booklet on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that explains what it is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help.
Date: 2008
También disponible en Español - When Fear Overwhelms: Panic Disorder
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An easy-to-read booklet on Panic Disorder that explains what it is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help.
Date: 2008
También disponible en Español - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
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A booklet on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) that explains what it is, treatment options, and how to get help.
Date: 2008 - Generalized Anxiety Disorder
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An easy-to-read booklet on generalized anxiety disorder that explains what it is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help.
Date: 2007
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Science News
- Brain Emotion Circuit Sparks as Teen Girls Size Up Peers
- July 15, 2009 • Press Release
What is going on in teenagers’ brains as their drive for peer approval begins to eclipse their family affiliations? Brain scans of teens sizing each other up reveal an emotion circuit activating more in girls as they grow older, but not in boys. The study by Daniel Pine, M.D., of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of National Institutes of Health, and colleagues, shows how emotion circuitry diverges in the male and female brain during a developmental stage in which girls are at increased risk for developing mood and anxiety disorders. - New Silvio O. Conte Centers Address Brain Development, Disorders
- March 18, 2009 • Science Update
With a mandate to use innovative, multidisciplinary research approaches to address important mental health questions, four newly funded centers have begun investigations of schizophrenia, brain development, and adolescent mood disorders. - Anxious and Depressed Teens and Adults: Same Version of Mood Gene, Different Brain Reactions
- December 02, 2008 • Science Update
An NIMH study using brain imaging shows that some anxious and depressed adolescents react differently from adult patients when looking at frightening faces. - Cells May Provide Target for New Anxiety Medications
- November 06, 2008 • Science Update
A specific population of brain cells could provide a target for developing new medications aimed at helping people learn to mute the fears underlying anxiety disorders, according to NIMH-supported scientists. - Anxious and Healthy Adolescents Respond Differently to an Anxiety-provoking Situation
- November 05, 2008 • Science Update
Brain scans show heightened activity among anxious adolescents exposed to an anxiety-provoking situation when compared with normal controls, according to an NIMH study published in the November 2008 issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
Meeting Summaries
- Perinatal Mood Disorders: Components of Care
- May 07, 2009 – May 08, 2009
Bethesda, Maryland
A two-day meeting convened in May 2009 educated participants on essential components of care for women with perinatal mood disorders - Cognition and Stress: Advances in Basic and Translational Research
- July 24, 2007 – July 25, 2007
Bethesda, Maryland
In July 2007, the NIMH Cognition Working Group held a multidisciplinary workshop to identify major trends, gaps, and opportunities in behavioral and biological research on cognition and stress. - Optimizing fMRI Approaches to Adolescent Mental Disorders
- August 17, 2006 – August 18, 2006
Rockville, Maryland
On August 17–18, 2006, the National Institute of Mental Health sponsored a workshop that brought together researchers involved in the use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to study adolescent mental disorders and normal development, as well as scientists involved in integrating fMRI data with data from other imaging modalities. The goal was to address issues involved in such research toward the goal of optimizing study designs and approaches to improve our understanding of the neural bases of these disorders
