Previous research regarding anxiety and female sexual functioning has yielded conflicting conclusions. This study examined the effect of state/trait anxiety and anxiety sensitivity on sexual responding and the propensity toward sexual inhibition/excitation in women without an anxiety disorder (n = 100, M age = 28.8 years) compared with women with an anxiety disorder (panic disorder or generaliz...

In an open trial design, adults (n=20) with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and either schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were treated via an 11-week cognitive-behavioral intervention for PTSD that consisted of education, anxiety management therapy, social skills training, and exposure therapy, provided at community mental health centers. Results offer preliminary hope for effective...

AIMS While psychiatric symptoms are common in the general population and even more prevalent in alcoholics, their clinical implications are not clear. The goal of this study was to establish the life-time rates of several independent and concurrent mood and anxiety disorders in alcoholics, controls and their relatives. DESIGN Structured interviews were administered to alcoholics entering trea...

PURPOSE We assessed the prevalence of subthreshold depression and anxiety, and major depressive, dysthymic, and anxiety disorders (panic disorder, agoraphobia, social phobia, and general anxiety disorder) in visually impaired older adults and compared these estimates with those of normally sighted peers. METHODS Cross-sectional data were analyzed based on telephone interviews with visually im...

OBJECTIVE Comorbid anxiety disorder is reported to increase suicidality in bipolar disorder. However, studies of the impact of anxiety disorders on suicidal behavior in mood disorders have shown mixed results. The presence of personality disorders, often comorbid with anxiety and bipolar disorders, may explain these inconsistencies. This study examined the impact of comorbid Cluster B personali...

objective: patients with bipolar mood disorder constitute a relatively large number of individuals hospitalized in psychiatric hospitals. this disorder is highly co-morbid with other psychiatric disorders and may effect their clinical course. the goal of this study was to determine the co-occurrence rate of anxiety disorders and substance abuse with bipolar mood disorders and their impact on cl...

The relationship between DSM-IV anxiety disorders and their clinical characteristics in mothers and anxiety in offspring was examined in 933 mother-child pairs from a longitudinal community study. Offspring of mothers with an anxiety disorder had an elevated risk of developing any anxiety disorder, compared with offspring of mothers with no anxiety disorder. Increased risk of anxiety in the off...

objective: the present study aimed to explore the relationship between worry and obsessive compulsive symptoms. we examined the correlations between the padua inventory (pi) and the penn state worry questionnaire (pswq) to further explore the distinctiveness of the pi. method: seventy-five subjects (n=40 male, n= 35 female) were selected from hafez hospital (iran) for this study: the subjects i...

post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd) is a disorder which might occur in subjects after experiencing a traumatic life event. the underlying etiology of this disorder is still unknown but malfunction of the brain’s anxiety network is discussed. therefore, neuroscience research might give new insights about the neurobiological mechanisms of ptsd. the talk will give a systematic overview about the...

BACKGROUND Most research on the prevalence of mental disorders in primary care has been conducted in practices that serve middle- and upper-income patients. OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence of major mental disorders in a primary care practice that serves a predominantly low-income immigrant patient population. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey; criterion standard. SETTING Urban general m...