Medications and Car Accidents
It is not clear why older adults have a higher rate of car accidents. Some speculate that vision loss or slowed reaction time plays a role. But a recent Canadian study suggests that a class ... Read more... »
- Bipolar Overview
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- Risk Factors for Bipolar
- How Bipolar is Diagnosed
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- Depression Overview
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Anxiety Articles
Medications for Anxiety, Panic and Phobias
Everyone experiences anxiety at one time or another: "butterflies in the stomach" before giving a speech or sweaty palms during a job interview are common symptoms. Other symptoms of anxiety include irritability, uneasiness, jumpiness, feelings ... Read more... »
Compulsive Hair Pulling: Understanding and Treating Trichotillomania
Barry can feel the tension building, sometimes for hours, before he yields to his impulse. Although he knows he's affecting his dark good looks, the anxious feeling doesn't fade until he's yanked out another fistful ... Read more... »
Understanding Anxiety Disorders, Part 2
Anxiety disorders come in many varieties. Descriptions of some of the most common disorders follow:
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: GAD is characterized by persistent anxiety unrelated to a specific event. People suffering from GAD cannot help worrying ... Read more... »
Understanding Anxiety Disorders: Part One
Anxiety is a normal feeling of uneasiness, concern and apprehension that, when carried to an extreme, can become worry or outright terror.
Some amount of anxiety and worrying is a normal and necessary part of life. ... Read more... »
Helping Children Who Fear School
A kid can be just as phobic about school, or math class, or writing a sentence as another child might be about dogs. What can be done to help children who fear an aspect ... Read more... »
Blueprints for Building Self-Esteem
In my work, I sometimes feel that there is an epidemic of low self-esteem. Even people who seem to be very sure of themselves will admit to having low self-esteem, a feeling that often makes ... Read more... »
Treatment of Panic Disorder
Treatment can bring significant relief to 70 percent to 90 percent of people with panic disorder, and early treatment can help keep the disease from progressing to the later stages where agoraphobia develops.
Before undergoing any ... Read more... »
Writing about Trauma Can Produce Health Benefits
It's well established that talking about traumatic incidents with a therapist, supportive family or friends can be therapeutic, producing improvements in psychological and physical health. People who open up about traumatic events they have experienced ... Read more... »
Anxiety, Worry, and Stress, Oh My: The Bugaboos of Modern Life
Anxiety, worry, and stress are all afflictions of life in the modern world. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, approximately 10 percent of the American population, or 24 million people, suffer from anxiety ... Read more... »
Antianxiety Medications
Everyone experiences anxiety at one time or another - "butterflies in the stomach" before giving a speech or sweaty palms during a job interview are common symptoms. Other symptoms include irritability, uneasiness, jumpiness, feelings of ... Read more... »
A Long and Arduous Journey
I was born in a small town in Florida during the late 1940s. My mother had undiagnosed and untreated schizophrenia and my father was a man of some power within the community who was ... Read more... »
My Battle with Mental Illness
I saw my psychiatrist for the first time in 2001. Stress from work was extremely overwhelming. I was working approximately 15 hours, sometimes more, a day, every day, plus going into the office on ... Read more... »
Treatment of Separation Anxiety Disorder
There are a number of commonly used treatments for separation anxiety disorder, most of which focus on one or more types of psychotherapy. As with most childhood issues, the earlier the intervention, the more ... Read more... »
Helping Your Child with Separation Anxiety Disorder
Don'ts
let your child stay home when he does not want to go to school, day care, etc.
surprise your child with a change in plans or activities.
let your ... Read more... »
