Mental or Behavioral Dysfunction: Anxiety Disorders

Medical news and research articles

Is it anxiety or OCD? Psychology experts explain the difference

Anxiety itself is not a mental illness. It's a normal, adaptive emotion that helps us respond to perceived threats. Anxiety is the automatic reaction that makes you jump back when you think you've seen a snake while bushwalking—before ...

Study of 633,000 people links loneliness to suicidal thoughts

Loneliness plays an important role in the development of suicidal ideation, thoughts of ending one's life, which precedes nearly every suicidal death, according to a study by researchers at Vanderbilt Health. Their findings, ...

Does uncertainty drive anxiety in autistic adults?

Academics are investigating whether coping with the unknown or unexpected is a distinct contributor to anxiety in autistic adults. The new study, led by academics in the Department of Psychology at Aberystwyth University, ...

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