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Diagnostic Features
The essential feature of Panic Disorder is the presence of recurrent, unexpected Panic Attacks followed by at least 1 month of persistent concern about having another Panic Attack, worry about the possible…

Diagnostic Features
The essential features of Agoraphobia Without History of Panic Disorder are similar to those of Panic Disorder With Agoraphobia except that the focus of fear is on the…

Features
Because Panic Attacks can occur in the context of any Anxiety Disorder as well as other mental disorders (e.g., Mood Disorders, Substance-Related Disorders) and some general medical conditions (e.g., cardiac, respiratory, vestibular, gastrointestinal),…

The tendency to use drugs depends on each individual person. Not all those who have access to drugs become addicts, therefore there may be personality characteristics that…

Children with symptoms of anxiety and depression may have an increased tendency to use ecstasy in adolescence or young adulthood, finds a study published online by the BMJ today.

The use…

Women with major depression are more likely than women who are not depressed to have allergies, and allergies also appear to be more common in men with nervous, anxious personalities, a…

Full recovery from anorexia nervosa is slow, and women with the disease have close to a nine-fold increased risk of death, according to a new 12-year study of severely ill…

A good look in the mirror may help women with poor body image see themselves differently, new research suggests.

The study found that a therapy known as “mirror exposure”…

A panel of autism experts at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, have presented reports which comment on the assumptions about the developmental disability.

A University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine collaborative study with Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center found an increased risk of persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPHN) in newborns of mothers who used…

There appears to be no association between depressive symptoms and subsequent cognitive decline in older adults, according to the findings of a study conducted by researchers in Pennsylvania.

Over a 12-year…

At least 1,333 British servicemen and women have developed mental health problems after serving in Iraq, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said on Thursday, as veterans’ groups warned…

The number of adverse reactions reported by UK doctors to the antidepressant paroxetine - often know by its brand name Seroxat - rose by 61 per cent…

An international research team led by the University of Saskatchewan has discovered a signaling pathway in the brain involved in drug addiction, together with a method for blocking its action,…

A Florida State University scientist used a gene transfer technique to block the expression of a gene associated with clinical depression in a new study of mice that could lead to…

Depression and heart disease, two of the most common health problems in the United States, are often connected.

Heart disease can contribute to the development of depression. About one in three…

Women with the binge and purge eating disorder, bulimia nervosa, who respond to treatment with the antidepressant desipramine (Norpramin) within the first 2 weeks are likely to maintain that…

Supplementing the antidepressant Wellbutrin (bupropion) with a reward system called “contingency management” (CM) can further reduce cocaine use in addicted subjects maintained with methadone, new research shows.

With CM,…

A study released by the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts, Inc. (MHSACM), a statewide organization representing over 100 community-based mental health and substance abuse service providers,…

Changes in the brain that are important indicators of bipolar disorder are not prominent until young adulthood and are reduced in persons taking mood-stabilizing medications, Yale School of…

Children with bipolar disorder experience more enduring and rapidly changing symptoms of the disease than adults, according to a study that, for the first time, maps the clinical progression of each of the…

A study by Florida State University professor Robin Simon and Vanderbilt University’s Ranae Evenson found that parents have significantly higher levels of depression than adults who do not have children. Even…

The number of Japanese killing themselves in groups after meeting through the Internet - strangers afraid to die alone - soared to a record 91 last year, nearly…

A lifetime history of depression is associated with increased plaques and tangles in the brains of those with Alzheimer’s disease and more rapid cognitive decline, according to a study by researchers at the…

No single treatment stands out as especially effective for borderline personality disorder, a mental illness that can involve self-harm and suicide attempts, according to two new reviews of recent…