Objective Full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma exposure
were examined in a community sample in order to determine their prevalence and their …

Our understanding of social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia) has moved from
rudimentary awareness that it is not merely shyness to a much more sophisticated …

A concerted effort to tackle the global health problem posed by traumatic brain injury (TBI) is
long overdue. TBI is a public health challenge of vast, but insufficiently recognised, …

We propose a general hypothesis that integrates affective and cognitive processing with
neuroanatomy to explain anxiety pronenes. The premise is that individuals who are prone to …

Background. Several prior studies have found reduced hippocampal volume in victims of
psychological trauma with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We were interested to …

This article reviews the state-of-the-art research in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from
several perspectives: (1) Sex differences: PTSD is more frequent among women, who tend …

Background: This review evaluates the DSM‐IV criteria of social anxiety disorder (SAD),
with a focus on the generalized specifier and alternative specifiers, the considerable overlap …

OBJECTIVE: Quality-of-life indices have been used in medical practice to estimate the impact
of different diseases on functioning and well-being and to compare outcomes between …

Interoception refers to the process by which the nervous system senses, interprets, and
integrates signals originating from within the body, providing a moment-by-moment mapping of …

Objective: Increased amygdala reactivity during processing of certain types of emotional
stimuli (eg, fear, anger) has been observed in patients with anxiety disorders such as social …