Anxiety is a mental state evoked in anticipation of a potential threat. Individuals may either exhibit acute levels of anxiety in response to an immediate threat or persistent levels of heightened anxiety (trait anxiety) in non-threatening situations as part of a ‘neurotic’ personality trait1. W...
In cognitive models of social anxiety disorder,social phobics experience dread over how they will be presented to others. Theymay be overly self-conscious, pay highself-attention after the activity, or have high performance standardsfor themselves. According to the social psychology theory of self-...
who are obese may have increased social anxiety due to their weight, along with more feelings of being observed and judged while they are in social situations. They may use food as a coping mechanism and eat more than normal in an attempt to address their intense feelings of anxiety. ...
Among mental health disorders, anxiety disorders emerge as the most prevalent during the adolescent period [1]. Anxiety symptoms often lead to significant disruption in functioning in important domains of life [2,3,4,5]. Among anxiety disorders, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) and social anxiety...
However, it is important to note that the effects of early-life stress are ubiquitous throughout the brain and there are additional areas not examined here, such as the hippocampus and hypothalamic areas, that may be affected by maltreatment and contribute to the social dysfunction and increased ...
However, a few thermophilic microbes would have been present when the sediments were deposited, and they may have somehow ___ until temperatures began to rise due to being ___ under more material, says team member Felix Beulig at Aarhus University in Denmark. As the temperatures rose, all...
29-31 These brain alterations may underlie the intricate connection between social isolation and mental health. When mental health disorders affect an individual’s capacity to self-regulate emotional well-being, binge eating behaviors may emerge as a coping mechanism to combat the negative affect ...
1.1. Social anxiety disorder Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a common and debilitating disorder that involves pervasive fear of social situations in which the individual could potentially be scrutinized by others, leading the individual to avoid such situations, or endure them with intense anxiety (...
Sociality is among the most important motivators of human behaviour. However, the neural mechanisms determining levels of sociality are largely unknown, primarily due to a lack of suitable animal models. Here, we report the presence of a surprising degre
The ability to learn from feedback, especially under social scrutiny, is an essential prerequisite for successful interaction with the environment. Patients suffering from social anxiety disorder (SAD) have been proposed to show altered processing of and learning from feedback, especially depending on ...