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Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions defined by excessive, persistent fear, worry, or apprehension that is disproportionate to actual threat and that impairs daily functioning. They include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and, in related d…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 37× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2574-4518 🗓 Reviewed July 2026

Overview

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions defined by excessive, persistent fear, worry, or apprehension that is disproportionate to actual threat and that impairs daily functioning. They include generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, specific phobias, and, in related diagnostic frameworks, obsessive-compulsive and post-traumatic stress disorders. Pathophysiology implicates dysregulation of fear-processing circuits centered on the amygdala and prefrontal cortex, altered neurotransmission, and neuropeptide systems such as cholecystokinin, which has been studied for its role in experimentally induced fear and anxiety. Research in this domain examines anxiety across the lifespan and in specific contexts, including postpartum mood and anxiety disorders, perinatal experience, comorbidity with conditions such as melasma, and the heightened psychological burden observed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therapeutic investigation spans pharmacologic, psychological, and complementary approaches, including cognitive-analytic therapy in post-traumatic stress disorder, biofeedback and heart-rate-variability interventions, somatosensory stimulation for stress-related cortisol and anxiety, and energy-based modalities. The journal publishes peer-reviewed clinical trials, mechanistic studies, and reviews addressing the etiology, neurobiology, assessment, and treatment of anxiety and related stress disorders across diverse populations and clinical settings.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

2020

Pain between Psyche and Soma in Uro-Andrology

Pruneti CarloCorresponding author
Dept. of Medicine and Surgery, Clinical Psychology, Clinical Psychophysiology and Clinical Neuropsychology Labs., University of Parma, Italy.
Exact topic International Journal of Pain Management Cited by 2 doi:10.14302/issn.2688-5328.ijp-20-3386
2020

Mental Health in The Context of The COVID 19 Pandemic

Yadav RavinderCorresponding author
Medical Social Welfare Officer Department of Medical Record Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector-32, Chandigarh, India
Exact topic International Journal of Coronaviruses Cited by 1 doi:10.14302/issn.2692-1537.ijcv-20-3367

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 37 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Anxiety Disorders, linking to each citing work.

Editorial oversight

Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Sleep And Sleep Disorder Research (ISSN 2574-4518).

Journal editorial board
Dragos Octavian Palade · Romania Mauro Manconi · Switzerland Karim Sedky · United States

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