Fourteen patients with social anxiety disorder (generalized type), according to DSM-IV criteria, were treated with mirtazapine 30 mg for 12 weeks. Twelve patients completed the study. Two patients (14.3%) dropped out due to side-effects. Generally, mirtazapine was well tolerated. Five out of 12 patients (41.7%) were classified as responders, based on a Clinical Global Improvement score of 1 or ...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ADU: Anxiety Disorder Unspecified; NHANES: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; BMI: Body Mass Index; NESARC: National Epidemiologic Study of Alcohol and Related Conditions; HPA: Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal; CRH: Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone; AVP: Arginine Vasopressin; ACTH: Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; GAD: Genera...

BACKGROUND The anxiety disorders exhibit high levels of lifetime comorbidity with one another. Understanding the underlying causes of this comorbidity can provide insight into the etiology of the disorders and inform classification and treatment. OBJECTIVE To explain anxiety disorder comorbidity by examining the structure of the underlying genetic and environmental risk factors. DESIGN Life...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ANOVA: Analysis of Variance; CBT: Cognitive Behavior Therapy; GABA: Gamma Amino Butyric Acid; GAD: Generalized Anxiety Disorder; OCD: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder; SAD: Social Anxiety Disorder; PTSD: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; SNRI: Serotonin Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors; SPSS: Statistical Package for Social Sciences; SSRI...

Because respiratory complications arising from common anxiety medications may contraindicate pharmacological intervention in patients with asthma, behavioral intervention is a vital component of treating anxiety successfully in these patients. Previous research suggests behavioral treatment may reduce panic symptoms and asthma medication use while subsequently increasing quality of life in pati...

Researchers postulate that both shame and guilt are emotions important to anxiety disorders. Extant data, however, indicate that guilt-proneness shares non-significant relationships with psychopathology symptoms after controlling for shame-proneness. To further investigate the relevance of shame and guilt to the anxiety disorders domain, the current study examined associations between shame- an...

Objective: Because of functional impairment caused by generalized anxiety disorder and due to cognitive side ‎effects of many anti-anxiety agents, in this study we aimed to evaluate the influence of Passion ‎flower standardized extract on reaction time in patients with generalized anxiety disorder.‎ Method: Thirty patients aged 18 to 50 years of age, who were diagnosed with generalized anxiety ...

Background/aim: This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the DSM-5 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Severity Scale - Child Form. Materials and methods: The study sample consisted of 32 patients treated in a child psychiatry unit and diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and 98 healthy volunteers who were attending middle or high school during the study...