Dr. Raafat Girgis, MD, is the medical director of Moment of Clarity, a mental health facility in Costa Mesa, California. He has three board certifications from the American Board of Psychiatry and ...

Fear and anxiety reflect overlapping brain circuits, according to research recently published in JNeurosci. The findings highlight a need to reevaluate the existing models guiding anxiety research.

Researchers have identified a brain pathway that regulates breathing and calms the mind. It could pave the way for new medications, like a so-called “yoga pill,” to ease anxiety. The discovery also ...

Choline and n-acetylaspartate were present at lower levels in the brains of patients with anxiety disorders, according to a ...

Living from a posture of thankfulness improves sleep, stabilizes emotions, sharpens memory, and can even add years to your ...

Scientists discovered that lowered brain energy signaling in the hippocampus can lead to both depression- and anxiety-like ...

Scientists are learning how the brain knows what’s happening throughout the body, and how that process might go awry in some ...

Recent breakthroughs in neuroscience have identified the amygdala as a key origin of anxiety. Scientists have discovered a small group of brain cells that can completely reverse anxiety and depression ...

Researchers analyzed 71 different studies and found that those who engage heavily with short-form content had poorer cognitive performance.