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   *substance abuse including alcohol use tends to increase anxiety disorders
   *do not forget to exclude agitated depression and suicidality as a differential diagnosis
+  *it seems that anxiety is mediated via overexpression of the gene GRIK4 in specific neurons within the amygdala and this increases the production of a protein (Gluk4)(([[https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identify-neurons-driving-anxiety-and-how-to-calm-them]]))
 =====self-help programs=====
   *[[http://www.anxietyonline.org.au|Anxiety Online]] - an Aust. Govt funded website developed by Swinburne Uni