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Study Finds That Anxiety Develops in Childhood

(MADISON) A Wisconsin study helps explain why shy, nervous children tend to stay that way. According to University of Wisconsin researchers in Madison, some people are tense for no reason. They say they can’t help it, because that’s the way they are; their brains are hardwired early in life. Researchers now have a better understanding of what goes wrong with the brain that can cause anxiety to escalate or turn into depression later in life. (Sixth item.)