Tag: post-traumatic stress disorder
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HOW DOES ANXIETY AFFECT HEART HEALTH?
Investigating the link between anxiety disorders and the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Measures of blood pressure and heart rate variability help understand this association.
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WHAT PART OF THE BRAIN IS ACTIVATED DURING ANXIETY?
Anxiety activates different parts of the brain depending on whether it is anxious arousal or anxious apprehension.
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ARE THE BODILY SYMPTOMS THE SAME BETWEEN PANIC DISORDER (PD) AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)?
Post-traumatic stress disorder and panic disorder share similar bodily symptoms of anxiety, however they differ in how unstable and severe they are across the disorders.
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FEAR MEMORIES ARE CONSOLIDATED DURING SLEEP
Fear memory is consolidated during sleep through a neural mechanism that if disrupted leads to dysregulated fear as happens in anxiety disorders.
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CAN YOU DEVELOP ANXIETY AFTER A BOUT OF SEPSIS?
Post-sepsis patients face a high risk of developing anxiety disorders, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).