Anxiety Disorders

Obsessive-compulsive disorder and related conditions do not always respond to first-line treatments. Fortunately, new options are on the horizon.

A lawyer discusses how the legal system treats (and mistreats) those with mental illnesses.

Opening certain potassium channels in the brain reduces depressive symptoms and anhedonia.

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.

Research on psilocybin, LSD, and other hallucinogens as psychiatric treatments are in their renaissance, transitioning from banned and illegal to potentially useful in changing life for the better in some patients. More in this podcast.

A discussion with professor of medical psychology and director of the Columbia University Clinic for Anxiety and Related Disorders.

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.

Millions of Americans have a skewed view of their own bodies, leading to serious depression and suicidality.

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?

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