Anxiety Disorders
Alterations in Platelet Receptors and/or Reactivity
The adverse effects of depression on cardiovascular disease also may be mediated by platelet mechanisms. Markovitz and Matthews…
Effects of Mood and Anxiety Disorders: Future Directions for Research
Usually underdiagnosed and undertreated, major depression and anxiety disorders are encountered commonly in patients with CAD and patients…
Treatment of Major Depression and Anxiety Disorders in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
As with other medical disorders, effective treatment of major psychiatric illnesses such as major depression and panic disorder,…
Anxiety Disorders and Cardiovascular Disease
Anxiety disorders are the most prevalent psychiatric disorders in the United States (Table…
Pathophysiology of Anxiety
The neurocircuitry of anxiety has been postulated to arise from the amygdala, the brain area that registers the…
Anxiety Disorders: Panic Disorder
Anxiety disorders, the most prevalent psychiatric illnesses in the general community, are present in 15 to 20% of…
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Clinical Manifestations
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is characterized by obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors that impair everyday…
Phobic Disorders
Clinical Manifestations
The cardinal feature of phobic disorders is a marked and persistent fear of objects…
Stress Disorders
Clinical Manifestations
Patients may develop anxiety after exposure to extreme traumatic events such as the threat…
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Clinical Manifestations
Patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) have persistent, excessive, and/or unrealistic worry associated with…
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is an anxiety disorder in which patients experience recurrent obsessions and compulsions that cause significant distress and…
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD is an anxiety disorder characterized by the persistent reexperience of a trauma, efforts to avoid recollecting the…
Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
GAD is characterized by intense pervasive worry over virtually every aspect of life associated with physical manifestations of…
Social Phobia
Social phobia is an anxiety disorder in which patients have an intense fear of being scrutinized in social…
Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Panic disorder is characterized by recurrent unexpected panic attacks that can occur with or without agoraphobia. Agoraphobia is…
Specific Phobia
SPECIFIC PHOBIA
Specific phobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by intense fear of particular objects or situations (e.g.,…
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