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

New understanding of the brain circuitry underlying fear should inspire new ways of treating anxiety and stress disorders or at least help us understand which treatments work and why. References ...

Researchers found widespread overactivation in brain activity in unmedicated children with anxiety disorders. Treatment with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) led to improved clinical functioning ...

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.

Many people who live with anxiety disorders or just deal with anxiety from time-to-time are highly functional, so don’t think that anxiety is something you can necessarily see on someone’s face.

"These brain imaging findings provide a science-based explanation as to why patients with mood and anxiety disorders seem to be 'locked in' to negative mood states," said Dr. Sophia Frangou, the ...

In addition, brain areas that are involved in functional networks that are hyper-responsive in adults with anxiety disorders were also hyper-responsive in infants of mothers with higher trait anxiety.

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 ...

Researchers have identified a brain pathway that regulates breathing and calms the mind. It could pave the way for new medications, like a so-called “yoga pill,” to ease anxiety. The discovery ...

On Your Mind Fear and anxiety can help. Here’s how to use them to your advantage. In the field of mental health, fear and anxiety are usually seen as pathologies.