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Article: FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDY LINKS ANXIETY SENSITIVITY TO FUTURE PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- November 6, 2006
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Florida State University, a component of the Florida state university system, issued the following news release:
People who get scared when they experience a pounding heart, sweaty palms or dizziness-even if the cause is something as mundane as stress, exercise or caffeine-are more likely to develop a clinical case of anxiety or panic disorder, according to a Florida State University researcher.
While other researchers have proposed a connection between this so-called "anxiety sensitivity" and a range of anxiety problems, the study by FSU psychology professors N. Brad Schmidt and Jon Maner and University of Vermont Professor Michael Zvolensky provides the first evidence that anxiety ...