Anxiety is experienced in response to threats that are distal or uncertain, involving changes
in one's subjective state, autonomic responses, and behavior. Defensive and physiologic …

Anxiety disorders constitute a sizeable worldwide health burden with profound social and
economic consequences. The symptoms are wide-ranging; from hyperarousal to difficulties …

Prominent cognitive theories postulate that an attentional bias toward threatening
information contributes to the etiology, maintenance, or exacerbation of fear and anxiety. In …

Adolescence is a period of major risk for depression, which is associated with negative
personal, social, and educational outcomes. Yet, in comparison to adult models of …

Maltreatment in childhood is associated with a significantly increased likelihood of
psychiatric disorder that endures across the life span. If disorders emerge they tend to be …

Research on childhood adversity has traditionally focused on single types of adversity,
which is limited because of high co-occurrence, or on the total number of adverse …

Behavioral inhibition (BI) is a temperament characterized in young children by a heightened
sensitivity to novelty, social withdrawal, and anxious behaviors. For many children, these …

OBJECTIVE: Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) typically begins during adolescence and
can persist into adulthood. The pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this disorder …

Interest in the use of mobile technology to deliver mental-health services has grown in light
of the economic and practical barriers to treatment. Yet research on alternative delivery …

Behaviorally inhibited children display a temperamental profile characterized by social
withdrawal and anxious behaviors. Previous research, focused largely on adolescents …