Michelle G. Craske

TL;DR: Significantly flatter diurnal cortisol slopes were found among African American and Hispanic adolescents, a pattern which has been related to negative health consequences.

TL;DR: Evidence in humans is provided of a potential brain basis for the “innate releasing mechanisms” described by Lorenz for affection and nurturing of young infants, which has potentially important clinical applications in relation to postnatal depression, and could provide opportunities for early identification of families at risk.

TL;DR: The Nature of Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia 2 Learning to Record Panic and Anxiety 3. Negative Cycles of Panic and Aggarwalobia 4. Panic Attacks are Not Harmful 5. Establishing Your Hierachy of Agorphobia Situations 6. Breathing Skills 7. Thinking Skills 8. Facing AgorAPHobia Sit situations 9. Involving others 10. Faced Physical Symptoms 11. Medications 12. Accomplishments, Maintenance, and Relapse Prevention

TL;DR: A neurobiological model is proposed that attempts to explain the development of visceral hypersensitivity, the neuroendocrine and autonomic dysfunction characteristic of functional GI disorders, as well as the overlap with affective disorders.

TL;DR: These observations demonstrate that the presence of each of 3 common anxiety disorders contributes in an approximately additive fashion to the prediction of poor functioning, reduced health-related quality of life, and more sick days from work.