When we conceptualize anxiety, we tend to see it as an omnipresent, immutable entity which we can neither change nor challenge. But the reality is that many of our anxious behaviors have been learned, ...

Fixing the balance of a single brain circuit erased anxiety and social deficits in mice, revealing a powerful new target for ...

“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, an international team of researchers conducted a large-scale genome-wide association study across five ancestral groups to understand the ...

They say dogs are like their owners – and a new study shows it's truer than ever. Experts have discovered that golden retrievers and humans share genes which make them more likely to be anxious. The ...

WE ALL know that person, the one who, when faced with what looks like an overwhelming problem, shrugs their shoulders, comes up with a solution and moves on without so much as a furrowed brow. To ...

Explore the rising prevalence of extreme phobias, their impact on lives, and the importance of early intervention and ...