Psychology & Psychiatry
The most common anxiety disorders, explained
Sometimes an anxiety disorder feels like worry and ruminating about lots of little and big things.
Mar 21, 2023
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News tagged with social anxiety disorder
Psychology & Psychiatry
Fear of failing: The secrets behind social anxiety
For many people, social interactions can be a source of dread. While some of us revel in parties, meetings and lunches, others are planning their exit strategy before they even step into a room.
Mar 16, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How to deal with anxiety
It's natural for everyone to experience anxiety at different times in their lives. Maybe you're worried about making a good first impression with your new partner's family, and you become anxious in the days leading up to ...
Feb 24, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
California author uses dark humor—and a bear—to highlight flawed health system
Mother-to-be Kathleen Founds made a routine doctor's appointment to discuss the risks of antidepressants in pregnancy. After the visit, Founds, who relies on medication to quell the manic highs and despondent lows of bipolar ...
Feb 8, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Some surprisingly good news about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)—a debilitating chronic lung disease that includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis—has previously been linked to mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, and substance ...
Dec 7, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Mindfulness-based stress reduction is as effective as an antidepressant drug for treating anxiety disorders
A guided mindfulness-based stress reduction program was as effective as use of the gold-standard drug—the common antidepressant drug escitalopram—for patients with anxiety disorders, according to results of a first-of-its-kind, ...
Nov 9, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How early fears play a role in future anxiety, depression
A recent imaging study led by a scientist at The University of Texas at Dallas has identified early risk factors linked to children's temperament and a neural process that could foretell whether an individual might develop ...
Oct 26, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study: Abuse, violence, other events linked to poor mental health in teens during COVID pandemic
As new recommendations encourage providers to screen teens for anxiety, a survey published Thursday found a majority of high school students reported a potentially traumatic event during the COVID-19 pandemic that may have ...
Oct 14, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Clinical psychologists and their patients need new ways to understand and confront the fear of losing control
Control is an important construct in the fields of psychology and psychopathology, particularly as it relates to anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders (OCD). Losing control, however, is a fear clinical psychologists ...
Oct 11, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Building 'bravery muscles' to fight rising youth anxiety
Amid the ongoing mental health crisis among America's youth, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a draft recommendation earlier this year that physicians begin screening children as young as 8 for anxiety. R. Meredith ...
Oct 10, 2022
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