NIMH Pages about Anxiety Disorders
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Publications
- When Unwanted Thoughts Take Over: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
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An easy-to-read booklet on Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) that explains what it is, when it starts, how long it lasts, and how to get help.
Date: 2009
También disponible en Español - 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
Science News
- Drug Substitutes for Training in Rats, Inducing a Memory of Safety
- June 04, 2010 • Press Release
Researchers have found a way to pharmacologically induce a memory of safety in the brain of rats, mimicking the effect of training. The finding suggests possibilities for new treatments for individuals suffering from anxiety disorders. - Coordinated Treatment Approach Improves Anxiety Symptoms
- May 18, 2010 • Science Update
A coordinated, multi-component treatment approach was more effective in treating anxiety disorders than usual care found in primary care settings, according to an NIMH-funded study published May 19, 2010, in a special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association devoted to mental health. - Gene’s Impact on Forgetting a Fear-Based Memory Same in Humans and Mice
- March 05, 2010 • Science Update
Both humans and mice carrying a variant of a gene that plays a role in memory were slow to learn to forget a fear-based memory. The parallels in gene effects observed in mice and humans in this work means that investigation using the mouse model can provide insights into effects in humans; results may inform treatment approaches to anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder. - Non-Invasive Technique Blocks a Conditioned Fear in Humans
- December 09, 2009 • Press Release
Scientists have for the first time selectively blocked a conditioned fear memory in humans with a behavioral manipulation. Participants remained free of the fear memory for at least a year. The research builds on emerging evidence from animal studies that reactivating an emotional memory opens a 6-hour window of opportunity in which a training procedure can alter it. - 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.
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
