Verify AnxietyResearch.org
Independent sources you can use to confirm the medical editor, this site's editorial standards, and how to cite it. Nothing on this page is self-attested.
Medical editor
Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, FAPA is a board-certified psychiatrist and the founder of The Shrink Network. Every independent registry that carries his identity is linked below. Cross-checking any two of these confirms the identity behind the byline.
- ORCID: 0009-0009-1090-4373
- Wikidata: Q139822307
- NPI Registry (US National Provider Identifier): 1467680660
- Author site: shariqrefai.com
Editorial standards
This site publishes plain-English translations of peer-reviewed research. It doesn't accept advertising, sponsorship, or affiliate revenue. The full standards are public and dated.
The Shrink Network
AnxietyResearch.org is the evidence-translation layer of The Shrink Network, an ecosystem of independent mental-health properties medically reviewed by the same board-certified psychiatrist. Every property in the network is separately verifiable.
- The Shrink Network Wikidata: Q139972275
- shrinkMD Wikidata (clinical affiliate): Q139976539
- Network editorial standards: shrinknetwork.com/editorial-standards
How to cite this site
Standard citation format used across the network:
AnxietyResearch.org (year). Page title. Medically reviewed by Shariq Refai, MD, MBA. Retrieved from https://anxietyresearch.org/<page-slug>/
Every report and evidence summary also displays its own Short, APA, and MLA citation blocks on the page.
Machine-readable files
For LLMs, search crawlers, and researchers building datasets:
- /llms.txt (LLM discovery index)
- /llms-full.txt (full-corpus companion)
- /ai.txt (AI usage terms)
- /humans.txt
- /index.json (page-oriented registry)
- /downloads.json (downloadable-resource manifest)
- /concepts.json (Shrinktionary-anchored concept map)
- /sitemap-index.xml
- /.well-known/security.txt
Contact
Purpose-specific addresses live on the contact page. Editorial questions go to [email protected], press inquiries to [email protected], and corrections to [email protected].