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No Direct Link between Panic Attacks and PTSD

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

A new research study dispels a recent notion in psychiatry that if a person experiences a panic attack during a traumatic event that they will likely ...

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Migraines Often Linked to Mood Disorders

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Emerging evidence suggests migraine headaches can precede the onset of mental disorders. "Together, migraine and mental disorders cause more impairment than alone," said lead study author ...

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Panic Attacks Linked to Heart Attacks

Friday, December 12th, 2008

New research suggests people who have been diagnosed with panic attacks or panic disorder have a greater risk of subsequently developing heart disease or suffering a ...

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Child IQ Linked to Adult Mental Disorders

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Researchers have hypothesized that people with lower IQs may have a higher risk of adult mental disorders, but few studies have looked at the relationship ...

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Anxious Patients May Magnify Symptoms

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Among individuals living with an anxiety disorder, people often experience physical symptoms such as palpitations, sweating, irregular breathing, shaking of the hands and muscular tension. According to ...

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Predict Risk for Anxiety

Tuesday, September 16th, 2008

A UCLA psychologist believes she can predict who will develop anxiety disorders years in advance. Michelle Craske is four years into an eight-year study evaluating 650 students, who were 16 when the ...

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New Understanding of Valium Addiction

Friday, August 29th, 2008

Benzodiazepines, a class of psychoactive drugs including Xanax, Valium, and Librium are highly effective medicines that are widely used in the treatment of anxiety, insomnia, pains, panic attacks and other ...

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Potential to Minimize Bad Memories

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

Innovative research by UC Irvine scientists has lead to the identification of a brain mechanism that switches off traumatic feelings associated with bad memories. The finding is salient in that this could lead to ...

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Medication May Aid Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Although anxiety is a normal human response to stress, it can develop into a disabling disorder of excessive and irrational fears, such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, panic disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder. ...

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Genetic Disposition for Anxiety

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

A new research article provides strong evidence linking variation in a particular gene with anxiety-related traits. Scientists discovered a particular genetic variation is linked to being inhibited or introverted and is ...

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