Anxiety & Stress Disorders

Some mood episodes are more anxiety-provoking than others, and at the top of the list are mixed states.

Patients who are report social phobia are unlikely to speak out for themselves. For them, confrontations with their boss or coworkers are even worse than water-cooler conversations. That is where psychiatrists can help.

Cannabis use has prompted symptoms such as dizziness, sleepiness, and fatigue in older patients. Are there any benevolent effects?

In approximately half of patients with Huntington disease, symptoms of depression, irritability/aggression, executive dysfunction, psychosis, cognitive decline, and dementia present long before progressive motor symptoms.

If depression impairs the brain’s processes at a molecular level, would the same be true of stress more generally?

"Talking about it will only make it worse..."

While psychotropic medications for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychiatric disorders can cause weight gain, patients can take small steps to improve their health.

This social anxiety disorder treatment does not directly activate gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA-A) receptors, setting it apart from benzodiazepines.

In what 5 ways can anxiety present in bipolar disorder?

What is the most important contribution by peer support staff in mental health care? Take the quiz and learn more.

When dealing with a serious mental illness, speaking out and sharing common experiences can help healing.

Two recent papers look at the subtle and surprising links between smoking and pain in different parts of the body.

Young people write a story about themselves being unable to accomplish things. It needs to be rewritten.

A rare genetic disorder may have unrecognized psychological consequences.

Not all stressors are alike—and different types require different treatments.

When hoarding disorder is suspected, it is important to assess for other psychiatric disorders that may affect the presentation and treatment of symptoms. Find out more in this quiz.

Unable to spend adequate time with patients, residents are not learning to function as doctors, but merely as technicians for the human body.

What are the differences between disorders like OCD and pandemic anxiety?

During the month of February, we will publish important stories commemorating Black History Month.

Imagine working with a young patient showing signs of psychosis for the past 6 weeks. Your initial assessment appears to rule out medical- or substance-induced etiologies, yet symptoms persist. What's a psychiatrist to do?

When concern for a patient is not so severe that a clinician feels compelled to call the police, there are options.

As a discipline, emergency psychiatry has widened its role, especially following the enormous mental health fallout from the pandemic and the shift of police and first-responder interventions.

Selfhood: a complex and continuously evolving identity that is anchored in the patient's history and dependent on language and memory. But there is so much more.

Patients and care providers often call themselves lazy. But what are the clinical consequences and cultural meanings of this term?

Unemployment is associated with an array of social and psychological complexities, directly affecting patients' self-esteem and perceptions of self-worth. When a patient loses their job, the psychiatrist has 4 tasks.

Creating a schedule and keeping it can be a huge help to patients with anxiety or depression.

The pandemic has triggered an array of emotional, physical, and economic issues but in the midst of this crisis, nations have shared and learned from each other’s experiences.

A new phase 3 trial recently started for the novel treatment troriluzole.

Daily routine and structure will decrease a patient's stress and give them a sense of accomplishment.

Strategies for educating patients on COVID-19 transmission and epidemiology, as well as dispelling myths