Category Archives: Diagnosis

Living with Panic Attacks | Psych Central

She defined a panic attack as the brain, suddenly and out of the blue, engaging the emergency response program like it would if you're in serious danger. “[This] would be great except that it happens in the absence

Low Empathy Associated with Borderline Personality Disorder …

New research suggests an explanation for the relationship difficulties experienced by people with borderline personality disorder. Investigators from the University of Georgia used functional magnetic resonance imaging …

Questioning Answers: Social Anxiety Disorder and autism (again)

A brief blog post discussing further research suggestive that social anxiety disorder (SAD) may be prevalent in cases of adult autism.

My Battles with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and …

I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed the summer before my freshman year in high school, though I likely dealt with one or both illnesses for most of my life to that point.

Brain Imaging Shows How Sibs of Schizophrenia Patients Dodge …

Researchers have identified key differences in how the brain develops in teens with schizophrenia compared to their healthy siblings, a new study shows. They found that healthy siblings of schizophrenia patients showed …