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The largest brain imaging study of its kind may have found a reason why people with anxiety and mood disorders so often feel unable to escape negative thoughts and emotions.. Researchers analyzed ...

Chronic anxiety may not just affect mood—it can physically damage the brain, increasing risk for neurodegenerative diseases ...

The amygdala, which is centrally involved in the brain’s response to threats, is thought to play an important role in anxiety. So are other major components of the limbic system, the hippocampus ...

The largest brain imaging study of its kind may have found the reason why people with anxiety and mood disorders so often feel unable to escape negative thoughts and emotions. Researchers analyzed ...

Sleep disruptions are associated with many brain disorders, including anxiety, dementias, and traumatic brain injury. While these disruptions are sometimes viewed as a side effect of brain ...

Anxiety disorders can run in families. Brain chemistry. Some research suggests anxiety disorders may be linked to faulty circuits in the brain that control fear and emotions.

A new investigation published in the current issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics disclosed important brain mechanisms for the action of psychotherapy in panic disorder. Patients with panic ...

Worldwide, only about 28% of people with anxiety receive treatment. The figure is similar for the UK, and in the US about 37% receive a treatment. This is due to a number of factors such as lack of ...

People with insomnia have double the risk of developing an anxiety disorder, and 70 to 80 percent of people with clinical anxiety have trouble either falling or staying asleep.

UK researchers have, for the first time, identified a genetic pathway in the brain that plays a key role in controlling anxiety, opening the door to the development of more effective treatments in ...

What causes fear and anxiety in the brain? The evolutionary purpose of fear is to keep us safe. Fear is a response to a direct threat such as a gun pointed at us, and it encourages us to act to ...