Science News About Anxiety Disorders
- Brain Activity Patterns After Trauma May Predict Long-Term Mental Health
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The way a person’s brain responds to stress following a traumatic event, such as a car accident, may help to predict their long-term mental health outcomes, according to NIMH-supported research.
- Study Identifies Risk Factors for Elevated Anxiety in Young Adults During COVID-19 Pandemic
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A new study has identified early risk factors that predicted heightened anxiety in young adults during the coronavirus pandemic.
- Infant Temperament Predicts Personality More Than 20 Years Later
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Researchers investigating how temperament shapes adult life-course outcomes have found that behavioral inhibition in infancy predicts a reserved, introverted personality at age 26 and for some, a risk of internalizing psychopathology such as anxiety and depression.
- Fast-Fail Trial Shows New Approach to Identifying Brain Targets for Clinical Treatments
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An innovative NIMH-funded trial shows that a receptor involved in the brain’s reward system may be a viable target for treating anhedonia (or lack of pleasure), a key symptom of several mood and anxiety disorders.
- NIH Study Reveals Differences in Brain Activity in Children with Anhedonia
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Researchers have identified changes in brain connectivity and brain activity during rest and reward anticipation in children with anhedonia, a condition where people lose interest and pleasure in activities they used to enjoy.
- Puerto Rico’s “Fear Lab” Mentors Neuroscience Rigor amid Diversity
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A lineage of young neuroscientists from diverse backgrounds trace their scientific roots to a “fear lab” in Puerto Rico that the National Institutes of Health has been supporting for two decades.
