A research team has discovered that a specific group of neurons in the amygdala, a brain region involved in emotion ...

Much has been said about rises in mental health problems reported by younger people over the past 20 years. It is estimated ...

Researchers have found that appearance-related habits—like repeatedly checking mirrors or asking for reassurance—maintain ...

A dramatic 17% increase in Social Security benefit applications reflects growing public anxiety about the program's future, ...

The researchers found that adults using hearing devices feel more socially connected and less limited in social situations.

Researchers have uncovered how losing the autism-linked gene PTEN in a specific set of inhibitory neurons reshapes brain circuits tied to fear and anxiety.

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From 1975: An ambitious campaign to get Spokane commuters to carpool ended in near-total failure. After a year of work, the ...

Social anxiety disorder involves substantial anxiety in social or performance situations and is accompanied by a strong fear ...

To determine if social phobia (a type of anxiety disorder) is a distinct entity or merely the "medicalization" of common human shyness, NIH investigators analyzed data from 10,123 adolescents (age ...

In people with major depression, subjective feelings of cognitive dysfunction—rather than performance on cognitive ...

The Synaptic Physiology laboratory, led by Juan Lerma at the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University (UMH) of ...