We propose a general hypothesis that integrates affective and cognitive processing with
neuroanatomy to explain anxiety pronenes. The premise is that individuals who are prone to …

A concerted effort to tackle the global health problem posed by traumatic brain injury (TBI) is
long overdue. TBI is a public health challenge of vast, but insufficiently recognised, …

Our understanding of social anxiety disorder (also known as social phobia) has moved from
rudimentary awareness that it is not merely shyness to a much more sophisticated …

Resilience refers to an individual's ability to thrive despite adversity. The current study
examined the psychometric properties of the Connor–Davidson Resilience Scale (CD‐RISC). …

Developing a comprehensive understanding of resilience across the lifespan is potentially
important for mental health promotion, yet resilience has been vastly understudied compared …

Background. Several prior studies have found reduced hippocampal volume in victims of
psychological trauma with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We were interested to …

OBJECTIVE: Quality-of-life indices have been used in medical practice to estimate the impact
of different diseases on functioning and well-being and to compare outcomes between …

Objective Full and partial posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) following trauma exposure
were examined in a community sample in order to determine their prevalence and their …

… agreement with some genetic and family genetic studies suggesting a moderate heritability
of social phobia and a moderate threefold increased relative risk (Knowles et al. 1995; Stein …

BackgroundDespite heightened awareness of the clinical significance of social phobia,
information is still lacking about putative subtypes, functional impairment, and treatment-seeking. …