In animal studies, boosting serotonin in the cells that line the gut reduced anxious and depressive-like behaviors without causing cognitive or gastrointestinal side effects.
Both types of anxiety are amenable to treatment with psychotherapy. What makes children vulnerable to anxiety? Children can be vulnerable to anxiety if they are born with the touchy temperament of ...
Most of us have experienced the effects of moods and emotions on our gastrointestinal tract, from "butterflies" in the stomach caused by nervousness to a loss of appetite when we're feeling blue.
About 40% of autistic people also experience significant anxiety. This is the case even though anxiety is not a part of the criteria for diagnosing autism—nor is it one of the descriptive options ...