PART ONE The Anatomy of Calm.

BRAIN physiology; BRAIN anatomy; ANXIETY treatment; AUTONOMIC nervous system physiology; VAGUS nerve physiology; AFFECT (Psychology); NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; THEORY; ANXIETY; MIND & body therapies

The article explains the notion of anxiety as a full-body phenomenon. Topics discussed include the role of anxiety as the response of the body to threats which is regulated by the nucleus ambiguus area of the brainstem, effectiveness of sociality as a neurophysiological modulator or co-regulator compared with pharmaceuticals and surgery, and ways for the therapist to co-regulate a patient.