Gender differences in social anxiety disorder (SAD) have not received much empirical
attention despite the large body of research on the disorder, and in contrast to significant …

Increased prevalence, severity, and burden of anxiety, trauma-related and stress-related
disorders in women compared with men has been well documented. Evidence from a variety …

BackgroundDespite their high prevalence, the global burden of anxiety disorders has never
been calculated comprehensively. The new Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study has …

Observations of the disproportionate incidence of depression in women compared with men
have long preceded the recent explosion of interest in sex differences. Nonetheless, the …

Women have consistently higher prevalence rates of anxiety disorders, but less is known
about how gender affects age of onset, chronicity, comorbidity, and burden of illness …

There is a growing body of investigations showing that shame and guilt are important
features of various psychological problems including anxiety disorders. This study …

Childhood and adolescence is the core risk phase for the development of symptoms and
syndromes of anxiety that may range from transient mild symptoms to full-blown anxiety …

Why do only some individuals develop pathological anxiety following adverse events? Fear
acquisition, extinction and return of fear paradigms serve as experimental learning models …

Research has elucidated causal links between stress exposure and the development of
anxiety disorders, but due to the limited use of female or sex-comparative animal models …

Objective Despite the ample literature on gender differences in anxiety and mood disorders,
gender differences in social anxiety disorder (SAD) have received little empirical attention …