Background Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a heterogeneous psychiatric illness
with a complex array of symptoms and potentially distinct neural underpinnings. We …

Numerous previous studies have used event-related potentials (ERPs) to examine facial
processing deficits in individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD). However, researchers …

Background: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for adolescents in the United
States. However, relatively little is known about the forms of atypical neuro-cognitive function …

Introduction: Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is characterized by abnormal processing of
performance-related social stimuli. Previous studies have shown altered emotional …

There is limited convergence in neuroimaging investigations into volumes of subcortical
brain regions in social anxiety disorder (SAD). The inconsistent findings may arise from …

Subcortical brain regions play essential roles in the pathology of social anxiety disorder
(SAD). While adolescence is the peak period of SAD, the relationships between altered …

BackgroundSocial anxiety disorder (SAD) is common, first-line treatments are often only
partially effective, and reliable predictors of treatment response are lacking. Here, we …

Oxytocin (OXT) modulates wide spectrum of social and emotional behaviors via modulation
of numerous neurotransmitter systems, including serotonin (5-HT). However, how OXT …

Prior studies suggest that obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) can cause both anatomical
and functional variations in the brain, but to date, altered functional synchronization between …

Social anxiety, which typically emerges in adolescence, lies on a continuum and, when
extreme, can be devastating, with clear functional impairment evident even at subdiagnostic …