Young adults with high social anxiety show heightened activity in the brain's visual processing areas. These neural changes explain their high alertness to social threats and offer a physical marker ...

Eye contact may trigger feelings of being scrutinized, and although eye contact is commonly feared in persons with social anxiety disorder, it has been studied little. Yet people who appear confident ...

The author wearing personal protective equipment before a patient encounter. Source: Melissa Shepard, M.D. Face masks are officially part of our everyday lives. For some, these medical devices can be ...

Anxiety is the most common form of mental illness in the United States, and it is increasing at sobering rates. An American Psychiatric Poll of 1,000 adults conducted in 2018 found that almost 40 ...