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Wired to worry (anxiety and adrenal function) — References & further reading

¹ Kessler, R., et al. 2005. Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Arch. Gen. Psych., 62 (6), 617–627. URL: >http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/62/6/617 (accessed 11.03.2009).

² Kagan, J., et al. 1988. Biological bases of childhood shyness. Science, 240 (4849), 167–171. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3353713 (accessed 11.03.2009).

³ Blas, et al. 2007. Stress response during development predicts fitness in a wild, long lived vertebrate. PNAS, 104 (21), 8880–8884. URL: http://www.pnas.org/content/104/21/8880.full (accessed 11.03.2009).

⁴ Kagan et al. 1988.

⁵ Schwartz, C., et al. 2003. Inhibited and uninhibited infants “grown up”: Adult amygdalar response to novelty.Science, 300 (5627), 1952–1953. URL: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/300/5627/1952 (accessed 11.03.2009).

⁶ Etkin, A., et al. 2009. Disrupted amygdalar subregion functional connectivity and evidence of a compensatory network in generalized anxiety disorder. Arch. Gen. Psych., 66 (12), 1361–1372. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19996041 (accessed 12.18.2009).

⁷ Schwartz, C., et al. 1996. Early childhood temperament as a determinant of externalizing behavior in adolescence. Devt. Psychopath., 8 (3), 527–537 URL (abstract): http://psycnet.apa.org/?fa=main.doiLanding&uid=1996-05955-004 (accessed 11.03.2009).

⁸ Murgatroyd, C., et al. 2009. Dynamic DNA methylation programs persistent adverse effects of early-life stress. Nature Neurosci., 12, 1559–1566. URL (abstract): http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v12/n12/abs/nn.2436.html (accessed 12.17.2009).

⁹ Groza, V., et al. 2003. Institutionalization, behavior and international adoption: Predictors of behavior problems. J. Immigr. Health, 5 (1), 5–17. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14512754 (accessed 12.17.2009).

¹⁰ Henig, R. 2009.

¹¹ Parker–Pope, T. 2009. Phys ed: Why exercise makes you less anxious. URL: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/phys-ed-why-exercise-makes-you-less-anxious/ (accessed 12.18.2009). [Wellness Blog based on preliminary results of Princeton study presented at annual meeting of Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.]

Ströhle, A. 2009. Physical activity, exercise, depression and anxiety disorders. J. Neural. Transm., 116 (6), 777–784. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18726137 (accessed 12.18.2009).

Smits, J., et al. 2008. Reducing anxiety sensitivity with exercise. Depress. Anxiety., 25 (8), 689–699. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18729145 (accessed 12.18.2009).

Reference on coping strategies

Henig, R. 2009. Understanding the anxious mind. New York Times. URL: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/magazine/04anxiety-t.html?_r=3&pagewanted=2&sq=anxious%20mind&st=cse&scp=1 (accessed 11.03.2009).

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