A angústia é um afeto que aflige o ser humano em todas as fases da vida e pode ser descrita a partir de seus efeitos e correspondentes fisiológicos. Porém, uma caracterização em termos dinâmicos e propriamente psíquicos ...

1. the use of the Stroop Color-Word Test as a model of experimentally induced anxiety was evaluated.2. First, the authors examined the influence of trait anxiety and the type of instructions on the anxiety state level. ...

Background Genetic studies have been consistent that bipolar disorder type I (BPI) runs in families and that this familial aggregation is strongly influenced by genes. In a preliminary study, we proved that anxiety trait ...

Background and objective: Anxiety is one of the major influences on the dropout of relapse and treatment of substance abuse treatment. Chemically dependent individuals need (CDI) to be aware of their emotional state in ...

In order to relieve anxiety and depression accompanying stress, physicians resort to tricyclic antidepressants, such as imipramine. We had previously shown that imipramine reversed stress-induced social avoidance behavior, ...

Psychosocial stress contributes to the development of anxiety and depression. Recent clinical studies have reported increased inflammatory leukocytes in circulation of individuals with stress-related psychiatric disorders. ...

Evidence has shown that individuals with anxiety disorders show more intense fear responses to both stimuli signaling threat and stimuli representing safety. The latter often causes difficulty to learn fear inhibition. ...

Although several pieces of evidence indicate that the endocannabinoid system modulates anxiety-like behaviors and stress adaptation, few studies have investigated the brain sites of these effects. The ventral hippocampus ...