http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Fear of public speaking tops death and spiders as the nation's number one phobia. But new research shows that learning to rethink the way we view our shaky hands, pounding heart, and sweaty palms can help people perform better both mentally and physically. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-reframing-stress-stage-fright-friend.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 09 Apr 2013 04:06:49 EST news284699182 (HealthDay)—Results of functional brain imaging can greatly improve prediction of which patients with social anxiety disorder (SAD) will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), according to a study published in the January issue of JAMA Psychiatry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-functional-mri-cbt-success.html Psychology & Psychiatry Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:51:19 EST news276529870 Most people are faced with embarrassment or humiliation at some point in their lives. Maybe they get nervous before a big presentation to the bosses at work. Maybe they get a bit anxious thinking about approaching an attractive stranger at a party. But where is the line between normal shyness and social anxiety disorder? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-nervous-social-anxiety-disorder-simply.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 19 Nov 2012 12:40:55 EST news272551225 Parents with social anxiety disorder are more likely than parents with other forms of anxiety to engage in behaviors that put their children at high risk for developing angst of their own, according to a small study of parent-child pairs conducted at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-trickle-down-anxiety-parental-behaviors-anxious.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:00:16 EST news271007791 A new study led by MIT neuroscientists has found that brain scans of patients with social anxiety disorder can help predict whether they will benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-brain-scans-doctors-treatments-people.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 06 Sep 2012 05:43:23 EST news266128991 Does your teen show normal nerves about the weekend party, or always stay home? Nearly half of teenagers say they're shy, perhaps a bit surprising in our say-anything society. But a government study finds a small fraction of those teens show signs of a troubling anxiety disorder that can be mistaken for extreme shyness. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-teens-shy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:38:41 EST news238088314 A small clinical trial suggests that cognitive bias modification (CBM), a potential anxiety therapy that is delivered entirely on a computer, may be about as effective as in-person therapy or drugs for treating social anxiety disorder. The Brown University-led research also found that participants believed the therapy to be credible and acceptable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-computerized-anxiety-therapy-small-trial.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:15:09 EST news235224880 A new study from Rhode Island Hospital researchers shows that obese individuals with social anxiety related only to their weight may experience anxiety as severe as individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD). The findings directly conflict with the criteria for SAD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV). The study is now published online in advance of print in the journal Depression and Anxiety. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-obese-individuals-social-anxiety-disorder.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 13 Apr 2011 10:47:45 EST news221910453