Research Topic · Peer-Reviewed

Anxiety Disorders

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions in which excessive, persistent fear and anxiety, together with related avoidance behavior, cause clinically significant distress and impair daily functioning. The category includes generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific and social phobias, and…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 12 peer-reviewed articles cited Cited 44× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2474-9273 🗓 Reviewed June 2026

Overview

Anxiety disorders are a group of mental health conditions in which excessive, persistent fear and anxiety, together with related avoidance behavior, cause clinically significant distress and impair daily functioning. The category includes generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, specific and social phobias, and, in related diagnostic groupings, obsessive-compulsive and trauma- and stressor-related conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. These disorders share a common substrate of heightened threat appraisal, autonomic arousal, and learned avoidance, mediated by amygdala-prefrontal circuitry and neurochemical systems including neuropeptides such as cholecystokinin. They frequently co-occur with depression and somatic illness, follow a chronic or relapsing course when untreated, and respond to cognitive-behavioral, pharmacological, and integrative interventions. Research relevant to this topic addresses postpartum mood and anxiety disorders and the support needs of parents and clinicians; the physiology of fear and anxiety; complementary approaches such as Reiki and network-pharmacology investigation of essential-oil formulations; anxiety and depression in student and clinical populations; the late and gendered recognition of conditions such as ADHD; trauma-focused therapy; and the mental-health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. The journal publishes peer-reviewed work on the etiology, assessment, and treatment of anxiety disorders.

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 44 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 Behavior Therapy And Mental Health (ISSN 2474-9273).

Journal editorial board
Dr. Rabiul Ahasan · Saudi Arabia Shahid Ullah · Australia Roberto Maniglio · Italy

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