In psychiatry, where few biologic markers for disease exist, family and follow-up studies provide the scientific infrastructure for diagnosis and classification. Familial transmission is a strong ...

If you feel anxious just before giving a presentation or taking an exam, it's probably completely normal. In fact, there are ...

Assume that having a phobia of a particular food means just disliking it? Think again. Charlotte Cripps meets people who’ve ...

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More than 16 million of us apparently suffer from an anxiety disorder or phobia that affects our lives in some way. But today, the Government will announce a multi-million-pound grant to fund ...

Many people are a little bit shy, but those with social anxiety disorder (also called social phobia) can become overwhelmed with anxiety in simple social situations. Peter (not his real name ...

"Phobias are the most common mental disorder," says R. Reid Wilson, PhD, spokesman for the American Psychological Association. "Over their lifetimes, 11% of people will have a phobia." What are ...

"Typically when I hear people talk about high-functioning anxiety, it means they may have a lot of features of an anxiety disorder without the actual diagnosis," said Jonathon Sikorski, PhD ...