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NIH - Medical Encyclopedia: Post-traumatic stress disorder


PTSD:

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Assessment

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Cancer Setting

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnosis and Symptoms

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Diagnostic Criteria and Characteristics

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Overview

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Prevalence

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and Hypothesized Mechanism

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Risk Factors, Protective Factors, and the Development of PTSD

NCI - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment

NIH - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

NIH - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – Tutorial

NIH - Rape

NIMH - Facts about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

NIMH - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

NIMH - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, A Real Illness

Panic Disorder:

Answers to Your Questions About Panic Disorder

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Panic disorder with agoraphobia

NIH - Panic Disorder

NIMH - Facts about Panic Disorder

Panic Attack

Panic Disorder

PANIC DISORDER IN CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Anxiety Disorder:

Anxiety Disorders

NCI - Anxiety Disorder Description and Cause

NCI - Anxiety Disorder Description and Etiology

NIH - Anxiety

NIMH - Anxiety Disorders

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder:

NIH - Medical Encyclopedia Obsessive-compulsive disorder

NIH - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

NIH - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Resources

NIMH - Facts about Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

NIMH - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

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ADD - ADHD

[Anxiety disorders in an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder clinical sample.] ( Arq Neuropsiquiatr. 2005) "CONCLUSION: Children and adolescents with ADHD seem to be more prone to have comorbid anxiety disorders, at least in clinical samples referred to specialized units."


Depression

Childhood physical and sexual abuse and subsequent depressive and anxiety disorders for two American Indian tribes. (Psychol Med. 2005) "BACKGROUND: This study examined the relationship of childhood abuse, both physical and sexual, with subsequent lifetime depressive and anxiety disorders--depression or dysthymia, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and panic or generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)--among American Indians (AIs). Ä CONCLUSIONS: Childhood physical abuse was a significant predictor of all disorder groups for males in both tribes except for panic/GAD for the Northern Plains tribe in multivariate models; females showed a more varied pattern. Childhood sexual abuse did not significantly differ for males and females, and was an independent predictor of PTSD for both tribes Ä"

 

Diagnosis, Imaging, and Screening

 

General Information

Nocturnal sleep panic and depression: Relationship to subjective sleep in panic disorder. (J Affect Disord. 2008)

Obsessed Brains May Be Sluggish “The repetitive behavior of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), such as excessive hand-washing or turning the lights on and off multiple times before leaving a room, sounds like the product of a mind in overdrive. But it may actually be the result of an underactive brain, according to a new study. If scientists had to single out a part of the brain responsible for OCD, they'd point to the orbitofrontal cortex. The region, located behind the eyes, helps us make decisions and keeps compulsive behaviors, such as gambling and excessive drinking, in check. Some studies have found abnormalities in this region in people with OCD, but its role in the disorder is unclear. “

When Panic Attacks

 

Risk Factors

 

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