Tag: Anxiety Disorder

No Connection Between Allergic Diseases and Mental Disorders

A new study published in Clinical and Experimental Allergy found that there is scant evidence that allergic diseases cause mental disorders or vice versa. That conclusion may settle a long-simmering question arising from high rates of comorbidity between the two sets of conditions. The study was motivated by “the great as well as increasing burden of

Neural Mechanisms of Social Anxiety Disorder

Anxiety is an adaptive response that is of great benefit to all life forms. It triggers fear learning, i.e., survival instincts that alert an organism to its surroundings and the dangers that prevail in it. However, extreme anxiety that is inappropriate to a circumstance and is prolonged is a negative emotion, labeled as a social

Self-Help for Health Anxiety

People mostly worry about their health when they have some physical symptoms. This worry vanishes after getting the necessary and valid confirmation; however, for some people, the uneasiness and tension does not go away and they imagine having a serious medical condition. These worries affect their daily lives in many ways and progresses to severe