Anxiety Articles

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• If Your Child Has Problems, It May Due to Lack of Sleep
  If your child has frequent health or emotional problems, consider that a lack of sleep may be all or at least part of the problem. Every function in the body is affected by sleep. And ...
• The Power of Music To Reduce Stress
  The soothing power of music is well-established. It has a unique link to our emotions, so can be an extremely effective stress management tool. Listening to music can have a tremendously relaxing effect on our minds ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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. ...
• 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 ...
• Tips 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• 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 ...
• Frequently Asked Questions about Separation Anxiety Disorder
  It can be natural for young children to be afraid of being with unknown people or in unfamiliar surroundings. This is a normal part of childhood development. However, when children grow older and continue to ...
• Symptoms of Separation Anxiety Disorder
  Detecting separation anxiety disorder in children is not always easy. The child's age, behavior patterns and the duration of the behavior must be considered. There are stages in children's early development where fear of strangers or ...
• How is Generalized Anxiety Disorder Diagnosed?
  If you suspect you have GAD, it's important to get diagnosed by a medical professional, as GAD can be difficult to diagnose. It lacks dramatic and obvious symptoms such as unprovoked panic attacks, that characterize ...
• Understanding the Fear of Flying
  Traveling by plane is one of the fastest and easiest modes of transportation, enabling people to visit family and friends across the globe in a short amount of time. While most people enjoy the convenience ...
• What Causes Generalized Anxiety Disorder?
  While great strides have been made in treatment of GAD, the actual cause for the disorder is not known. Research is now focused on better understanding how brain areas that process fear operate. In other ...
• Normal Worry versus Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  People with GAD are the worry experts. It’s not uncommon for people with the disorder to assume that they are locked into daily uncontrollable worry. Untreated, these individuals learn to compensate in other ways, often ...
• Frequently Asked Questions about Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  How common is Generalized Anxiety Disorder? Approximately 5 percent of people will develop Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) during their lifetime. It appears that some people are genetically predisposed to developing the disorder. Women are more likely to ...
• Symptoms of Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  There are many common symptoms and signs of generalized anxiety disorder. Generalized anxiety disorder is one of the most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorder. It is characterized by a general anxiety or worry about life, with ...