Anxiety

:This article is about state anxiety. For information on susceptibility to anxiety, see trait anxiety.Anxiety is a physiological state characterized by cognitive, somatic, emotional, and behavioral components . These components combine to create the feelings that we typically recognize as fear, apprehension, or worry. Anxiety is often accompanied by physical sensations such as heart palpitations, nausea, chest pain, shortness of breath, stomach aches, or headache. The cognitive component entails expectation of a diffuse and certain danger. Somatically the body prepares the organism to deal with threat : blood pressure and heart rate are increased, sweating is increased, bloodflow to the major muscle groups is increased, and immune and digestive system functions are inhibited. Externally, somatic signs of anxiety may include pale skin, sweating, trembling, and pupillary dilation. Emotionally, anxiety causes a sense of dread or panic and physically causes nausea, and chills. Behaviorally, both voluntary and involuntary behaviors may arise directed at escaping or avoiding the source of anxiety and often maladaptive, being most extreme in anxiety disorders. However, anxiety is not always pathological or maladaptive: it is a common emotion along with fear, anger, sadness, and happiness, and it has a very important function in relation to survival. Neural circuitry involving the amygdala and hippocampus is thought to underlie anxiety . When confronted with unpleasant and potentially harmful stimuli such as foul odors or tastes, PET-scans show increased bloodflow in the amygdala . In these studies, the participants also reported moderate anxiety. This might indicate that anxiety is a protective mechanism designed to prevent the organism from engaging in potentially harmful behaviors. (From the Wikpedia article Anxiety.)

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Recent Publications on Anxiety:
Psychiatric syndromes in individuals with chromosome 18 abnormalities. Chromosome 18 abnormalities are associated with a range of physical...	18th November, 2009	Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Health Science Center at San	Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009 Nov 19. DOI Direct Link
Dissociative disorder and traumatic events. A study of Spanish population. Dissociative Disorder is relatively uncommon. It has been associated to...	18th November, 2009		Actas Esp Psiquiatr. 2009 Jul;37(4):200-204.
Agomelatine: A novel pharmacological approach to treating depression. Agomelatine is a melatonin analogue which represents a novel class of...	18th November, 2009	Medical Information Department, Prous Science, Barcelona, Spain.	Drugs Today (Barc). 2009 Aug;45(8):599-608. DOI Direct Link
The Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire Cross-Cultural Adaptation Into Dutch and Evaluation of Its Psychometric Properties in a Population With Subacute and Chronic Whiplash Associated Disorders. STUDY DESIGN.: Cross-cultural adaptation of an outcome questionnaire....	18th November, 2009	From the *Institute for Master Education in Manual Therapy, SOMT,	Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2009 Nov 1;34(23):2551-2561. DOI Direct Link
Exertional dyspnea in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: mechanisms and treatment approaches. PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The purpose of this review is to identify new advances...	18th November, 2009	Respiratory Investigation Unit, Department of Medicine, Queen's University	Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2009 Nov 18. DOI Direct Link
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Press Releases About Anxiety:
Freedom From Fear Launches Mental Health Wellness Week	16th November, 2009	Freedom From Fear	National Wellness Event Will Run November 14-21, 2009 NEW YORK, Nov. 16 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This week is Mental Health Wellness Week, a grassroots public awareness campaign running through
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Insight Psychological Centers Joins Women's Health Practice In Willowbrook, Illinois	29th October, 2009	Insight Psychological Centers	CHICAGO, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Insight Psychological Centers, a leading provider of intensive group programming for eating disorders, depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder, will begin serving the
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BioNews Results for Anxiety:
Anxiety mistaken as common flu EUR' call for better detection and treatment of anxiety disorders	Mental Health Foundation:  Nov 21 2009 5:03AM Matching: anxiety
Mental Health Care on a Dime	New York Times:  Nov 20 2009 8:01PM Matching: anxiety
Let There Be Light in Depression, Bipolar Illness [Clinical & Research News]	Psychiatric News:  Nov 20 2009 7:10PM Matching: anxiety
Can Mind-altering Drugs Have Mental Health Benefits?	Media Awareness Project:  Nov 20 2009 3:06AM Matching: anxiety
Hypothyroidism linked with specific memory deficit	Reuters Health:  Nov 20 2009 2:17AM Matching: anxiety
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Anxiety Clinical Trials:
Primary Care Intervention Strategy for Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7612104	Bicyclic aryl-sulfonic acid [1,3,4]-thiadiazol-2-yl-amides, processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions and methods for their use
7615536	1,4-benzothiazepine 1,1-dioxide derivative, process for its preparation, medicaments comprising this compound, and use thereof as a hypolipidaemic
7615551	Salicylate and gentisate salts of a piperazine compound
7615563	Compositions useful as inhibitors of voltage-gated sodium channels
7615567	Compounds and methods for promoting smoking cessation
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Clinical Insights Clinical Insights was established in 1996 as an independent clinical trial center specializing in Phase II, III, and IV psychopharmacological research. The mission of Clinical Insights is to become... www.clinicalinsights.com/        View full profile
Cyberonics Incorporated Cyberonics, Inc. (NASDAQ: CYBX) pioneered the Vagus Nerve Stimulation (VNS Therapy™) System. Founded in 1987 to design, develop and market implantable medical devices for the treatment of epilepsy and... www.cyberonics.com/        View full profile
DOV Pharmaceutical We are a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, acquisition, development and commercialization of novel drug candidates for central nervous system, cardiovascular and urological disorders... www.dovpharm.com/        View full profile
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