Anxiety disorders are a significant problem in the community, and recent neuroimaging
research has focused on determining the brain circuits that underlie them. Research on the …

The ability to alter emotional responses as circumstances change is a critical component of
normal adaptive behavior and is often impaired in psychological disorders. In this review, we …

The purpose of this text is to comprehensively present the issue of human trafficking to the
reader. While it is intended for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in a variety …

Approach-avoidance conflict is an important psychological concept that has been used
extensively to better understand cognition and emotion. This review focuses on neural …

BACKGROUND: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized as a disorder of
exaggerated defensive physiological arousal. The novel aim of the present research was to …

The newly proposed criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual (DSM-V) include dysregulation of a variety of emotional states including …

As US military service members return from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with elevated
rates of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), attention has …

BACKGROUND: Suicide is a poorly understood phenomenon. A clinical model of suicide
conceptualizes suicidal behavior as a solution to an unbearable state of mind, experienced …

Background: Stress-induced dissociative states involving analgesia are a common feature of
borderline personality disorder (BPD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Our aim …

Objective: Self‐injurious behavior (SIB) is one of the most distinctive features of borderline
personality disorder (BPD) and related to impulsivity and emotional dysregulation. Method …