The biology of fear-and anxiety-related behaviors

T Steimer - Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Anxiety is a psychological, physiological, and behavioral state induced in animals and
humans by a threat to well-being or survival, either actual or potential. It is characterized by …

Further evidence of association between behavioral inhibition and social anxiety in children

J Biederman, DR Hirshfeld-Becker… - American journal of …, 2001 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
OBJECTIVE: The authors sought to examine psychopathological correlates of behavioral
inhibition in young offspring of parents with panic disorder and/or major depression …

Increasing psychological well‐being and resilience by psychotherapeutic methods

GA Fava, E Tomba - Journal of personality, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT A specific psychotherapeutic strategy for increasing psychological well‐being
and resilience, well‐being therapy, has been developed and validated in a number of …

Development and characteristics of a well-being enhancing psychotherapeutic strategy: Well-being therapy

GA Fava, C Ruini - Journal of behavior therapy and experimental …, 2003 - Elsevier
This article describes the main characteristics and technical features of a novel
psychotherapeutic strategy, well-being therapy. This paper outlines the background of its …

Immediate treatment with propranolol decreases posttraumatic stress disorder two months after trauma

G Vaiva, F Ducrocq, K Jezequel, B Averland… - Biological …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: This study investigated the efficacy of propranolol prescribed shortly after
trauma exposure in the prevention of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and …

Neurological bases for balance–anxiety links

CD Balaban, JF Thayer - Journal of anxiety disorders, 2001 - Elsevier
This review paper examines neurologic bases of links between balance control and anxiety
based upon neural circuits that are shared by pathways that mediate autonomic control …

Current perspectives of the roles of the central norepinephrine system in anxiety and depression

AW Goddard, SG Ball, J Martinez… - Depression and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Norepinephrine (NE) is a major monoamine neurotransmitter that has widespread effects
across multiple brain areas to regulate arousal and stress responses. The underlying …

A meta-analysis of the efficacy of psycho-and pharmacotherapy in panic disorder with and without agoraphobia

K Mitte - Journal of affective disorders, 2005 - Elsevier
The efficacy of (cognitive) behavioural ((C) BT) and pharmacological therapy was
investigated using meta-analytic techniques. After a comprehensive review of the literature …

A systems model of altered consciousness: integrating natural and drug-induced psychoses

FX Vollenweider, MA Geyer - Brain research bulletin, 2001 - Elsevier
Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and behavioral studies suggests that functional
disturbances within cortico-striato-thalamic pathways are critical to psychotic symptom …