Stressors have a major influence upon mood, our sense of well-being, behavior, and health.
Acute stress responses in young, healthy individuals may be adaptive and typically do not …

The pathogenesis of anxiety disorders is multifactorial, involving complex interactions
between biological factors, environmental influences and psychological mechanisms …

Recent theories of stress reactivity posit that, when stressed, individuals tend to seek out
opportunities to affiliate with and nurture others to prevent or mitigate the negative effects of …

Background Although substantial evidence suggests that stressful life events predispose to
the onset of episodes of depression and anxiety, the essential features of these events that …

In this article the authors address how pathological anxiety may develop from adaptive fear
states. Fear responses (eg, freezing, startle, heart rate and blood pressure changes, and …

OBJECTIVE: In a 1989 article, the authors provided a hypothesis for the neuroanatomical
basis of panic disorder that attempted to explain why both medication and cognitive …

Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is the fear of anxiety sensations which arises from beliefs that these
sensations have harmful somatic, social, or psychological consequences. Over the past …

Abstract [Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 107 (3) of Journal
of Abnormal Psychology (see record 2008-09589-001). The article contained an error in the …

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Although stressful life events (SLEs) play a major role in many etiologic theories of major
depression (MD), important questions remain about the nature of their association with the …