When anxiety becomes a disorder But persistent, pervasive, or outsize anxiety can disrupt daily life, whether at school, work, or with friends—the mark of an anxiety disorder. Nearly one-third ...

In fact, many experts see anxiety as a nerve circuit disorder, marked by a power disruption in the brain’s wiring, affecting communication between one area of the brain and another. The nerve ...

A new study from the Research Center for Child Psychiatry at the University of Turku in Finland screened school-age children ...

But Becky Bruno wasn't just a little shy—she struggled for years with Social Anxiety Disorder before being diagnosed. Just as the name implies, the condition can socially cripple an otherwise ...