| Anxiety/Depression and Social Interaction Evaluation | Anxiety is characterized as a heightened state of arousal and vigilance that occurs in the absence of an immediate threat. Although it may have evolved as an adaptive behavioral state, anxiety can become pathological when it is no longer an appropriate response to a given situation. Anxiety contains a wide spectrum of disease states, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Phobias, Panic Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Current pharmacological treatment approaches for social anxiety disorder and autism spectrum disorders utilize drugs which are also used to treat other psychiatric disorders (e.g., anxiety and depression). |