Posted by SLS on May 2, 2004, at 9:50:46
In reply to Re: SLS, Thank you, posted by Racer on May 1, 2004, at 21:57:47
> As far as I have ever heard, anxiety is always psychological
Oh, no, no, no.
Without going into a big spiel about the amygdala (a region of the brain involved in the experience of fear), I think we can look at the more obvious. Do you know of any drug that can produce anxiety? Do you know of any drug that produces anxiety as a symptom of its withdrawal? Yes, of course. Biological manipulation of the function of the brain can produce anxiety in the absence of a change in psychology. So, too, can an idiopathic aberation of brain function or physiological alterations secondary to depressive illness or chronic psychosocial stress. Panic disorder, social anxiety, social phobia, and generalized anxiety disorder might make for good examples of these scenarios. Panic and severe anxiety can come out of nowhere during some types of epileptic seizures (partial seizures lateralized to the right temporal lobe).
- Scott
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