Researchers commonly use fear extinction as the main line of treatment for anxiety disorders. Extinction therapy aims to train the patient to distinguish non-threatening cues from threatening ones and to disassociate the...
Anxiety
Did you know that 40 million American adults live with Anxiety Disorders each year?
Anxiety disorders can become so severe that normal life and relationships become impaired. There are many types of anxiety disorders with their own unique sets of symptoms. Some of these disorders include panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), social phobia (or social anxiety disorder), specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).
Olivier J. Manzoni, Ph.D.
June 04, 2013
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Discoveries, Autism, Anxiety
Florin Dolcos, Ph.D.
May 31, 2013
Do you know someone who tends to focus on the negative and bottle up emotions? A new study by NARSAD Grantee Florin Dolcos, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Illinois, Urbana–Champaign (UIUC), reveals that the...
TAGS: Basic Research, Brain Matters, Discoveries, Anxiety
Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D.
May 20, 2013
NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee and professor of psychology Michael S. Fanselow, Ph.D., with NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Stephanie Bissiere, Ph.D. and research team at the University of California Los...
Dr. Christopher Pittenger
May 10, 2013
In a first-of-its-kind anxiety study, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Grantee Christopher J. Pittenger, M.D., Ph.D. and his Yale University colleagues found that providing patients with real-time information...
Katrina Johnson, Ph.D.
May 07, 2013
By Brain & Behavior Research Foundation NARSAD Young Investigator Grantee Katrina Johnson, Ph.D. and graduate student Julia Schechter, M.A. Both are Emory University researchers.
While pregnancy is often...
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