Anxiety Disorders
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study.

20 Dec 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome. METHOD: Cross-sectional study of 9571 participants aged 20-89 years in the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT 2). We assessed anxiety and depression with ... Read more...

Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments.

11 Oct 2009 Screening for emotional distress is becoming increasingly common in cancer care. This systematic review examines the psychometric properties of the existing tools used to screen patients for emotional distress, with the goal of encouraging screening ... Read more...

Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults.

7 Oct 2009 Only half of older adults with a mental disorder use mental health services, and little is known about the causes of perceived need for mental health care (MHC). We used logistic regression to examine relationships among depression, anxiety, chronic ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Anxiety Disorders'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• No association of depression and anxiety with the metabolic syndrome: the Norwegian HUNT study. 20 Dec 2009
• Deciphering the interaction of the corticotropin-releasing factor and serotonin brain systems in anxiety-related disorders. 2 Nov 2009
• Screening for emotional distress in cancer patients: a systematic review of assessment instruments. 11 Oct 2009
• Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults. 7 Oct 2009
• Obesity and depression or anxiety. 4 Oct 2009
• Anxiety and outcome in bipolar disorder. 29 Sep 2009
• Effect of acute antidepressant administration on negative affective bias in depressed patients. 13 Sep 2009
• Meta-cognitive profiles in anxiety disorders. 4 Sep 2009
• The longitudinal structure of general and specific anxiety dimensions in children: testing a latent trait-state-occasion model. 30 Aug 2009
• The intolerance of uncertainty scale for children: a psychometric evaluation. 30 Aug 2009
• A proposal for a dimensional classification system based on the shared features of the DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders: implications for assessment and treatment. 30 Aug 2009
• Medically unexplained symptoms--blurring the line between "mental" and "physical" in somatoform disorders. 30 Aug 2009
• An electrophysiological investigation into the automaticity of emotional face processing in high versus low trait anxious individuals. 30 Aug 2009
• Probing the attentional control theory in social anxiety: an emotional saccade task. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of anxiety symptoms on adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected women. 30 Aug 2009
• The other side of the risk equation: exploring risks of untreated depression and anxiety in pregnancy. 30 Aug 2009
• Trauma history is associated with psychological distress and somatic symptoms in homebound older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Comorbidity of depressive and anxiety disorders for older Americans in the national comorbidity survey-replication. 30 Aug 2009
• Prevalence of mood, anxiety, and substance-abuse disorders for older Americans in the national comorbidity survey-replication. 30 Aug 2009
• How does sexual minority stigma "get under the skin"? A psychological mediation framework. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Anxiety Disorders'

Definition: Persistent and disabling ANXIETY.

Descriptor UI: D001008

Alternative terms: Anxiety Disorders; Anxiety Disorder; Disorder, Anxiety; Disorders, Anxiety; Neuroses, Anxiety; Anxiety Neuroses; Anxiety States, Neurotic; Anxiety State, Neurotic; Neurotic Anxiety State; Neurotic Anxiety States; State, Neurotic Anxiety; States, Neurotic Anxiety;

Related Mesh Headings: Anxiety; Anti-Anxiety Agents;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.080;

Online Note: use ANXIETY DISORDERS to search NEUROSES, ANXIETY 1966-80

History Note: 81; was NEUROSES, ANXIETY 1963-80

Technical Notes: differentiate from ANXIETY