Anxiety Disorders: Neurobiology, Diagnostic Criteria, Evidence-Based Treatment, and Prognosis for Recovery
Anxiety disorders are a group of conditions characterized by excessive fear or worry, often accompanied by physiological hyperarousal and behavioral avoidance. While anxiety is a normal adaptive response to threat, anxiety disorders involve persistent or disproportionate symptoms that impair functioning, last for weeks to months, and exceed what is expected for the individual’s context. Clinically,… Read More »