The risk for develo** anxiety disorders in children and adolescents is multifactorial (Table
1). Specific risk factors include genetic, environmental, cognitive, and psychosocial risk …

There is growing evidence that even milder forms of maternal stress or anxiety during
pregnancy affect the fetus causing possible long-term consequences for infant and child …

Background The offspring of parents with Anxiety Disorders (AD) are at high risk for different
types of psychopathology, including AD. However, little is known about how parental anxiety …

The biological mechanisms involved in fear transmission within families have been scarcely
investigated in humans. Here we studied (1) how children acquired conditioned fear from …

Aim We assessed the heterogeneous development of self-reported social anxiety symptoms
across childhood and adolescence (ages 10 to 18; N= 701) and examined whether these …

Previous research has shown that there are distinct types of children's shyness within
eastern and western cultures, with different origins, developmental courses, and outcomes …

The aim was to investigate trait social anxiety and social evaluative stress in autistic children
and adolescents and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD). This was done by evaluating …

Objectives Most of the observed associations of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), social
anxiety disorder (SAD) and major depressive disorder (MDD) with cortisol concentrations …

Social anxiety may appear during preadolescence, causing children to worry and avoid
situations where they may be evaluated by others. Previous studies have shown that about …

Although binge drinking is on the rise in women of reproductive age and during pregnancy,
the consequences in the offspring, in particular the inheritance of alcohol-related mood …