The current insight into the neurobiological pathogenesis underlying social anxiety disorder
(SAD) is still rather limited. We implemented a meta-analysis to explore the neuroanatomical …

Objective To examine unfavorable sociodemographic, clinical, and functional long‐term
outcomes for a range of adolescent mental disorders. Methods A total number of 2210 …

Background Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a disabling psychiatric condition with a genetic
background. Brain alterations in gray matter (GM) related to SAD have been previously …

Adolescents and young adults represent the high-risk group for first onset of both DSM-IV
mental disorders and lifetime suicide attempt (SA). Yet few studies have evaluated the …

Background Few strictly prospective-longitudinal community studies examined the role of
traumatic events for risk of developing a broad range of incident mental disorders over …

Growing evidence for the spectrum concept of most mental disorders, particularly mood
disorders, has challenged the arbitrary distinctions inherent in the contemporary categorical …

Background Comorbidity of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) with other mental
disorders has been demonstrated repeatedly. Few longitudinal studies, however, have …

Purpose of the study: We investigated the outcomes and outcome predictors of depressive
and anxiety disorders in a general population sample of young adults with a lifetime history …

Until recently, epidemiological data on the prevalence and traumatic events and post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have largely been based on studies and study groups from …

The role of behavioral inhibition (BI), parental rearing, and adverse life events in the
development of obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) is unresolved. We prospectively …