Exposure to traumatic events that produce extreme fear and horror is all too common in both
military and civilian populations, but not all individuals develop posttraumatic stress disorder …

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was created in 1952 by
the American Psychiatric Association so that mental health professionals in the United …

Abnormal Child and Adolescent Psychology is a comprehensive introduction to the field. It
covers theoretical and methodological foundations and examines the characteristics …

We outline a crisis in clinical description, in which atheoretical categorical descriptors, as in
the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), has turned focus away …

Anxiety disorders are frequent and burdensome psychiatric diseases. Despite their
moderate to strong heritabilities, the search for candidate genes has been limited by …

Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) has a high rate of comorbidity with other psychiatric
disorders, including major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder, other anxiety …

Anxiety disorders are among the most common psychiatric disorders, affecting one in four
individuals over a lifetime. Although our understanding of the etiology of these disorders is …

Is there a clear line between normal and abnormal mood? Studies of manifest and latent
structure provide strong support for a continuum that extends from asymptomatic to …

Neuropeptide Y (NPY) has been found to play a role in the pathomechanism of both anxiety
and depression. Thus, NPY is a promising candidate in the investigation of the clinical …

Anxiety disorders are prevalent and disabling yet understudied from a genetic standpoint,
compared with other major psychiatric disorders such as bipolar disorder and …