Anxiety Disorder

Yoga Stress Relief for Soldiers

Elaine Gavalas | Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Healthy Living News, Yoga for Vets, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Suicide, Combat Stress, Yoga for Soldiers, Ptsd, Army Suicides, Yoga, Anxiety Disorder, Soldiers PTSD, Anxiety, Healthy Living News

Faced with the highest army suicide rates in at least 30 years, U.S. military officials are examining ways to help treat psychologically wounded soldiers.

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Parents, Kids and OCD

Maggie Lamond Simone | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Glee, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Ocd, Parenting, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Teenagers, Maggie Lamond Simone, Howie Mandel, Leonardo Dicaprio, David Beckham, Parents News

"You'd think they would know it's not a disease," my daughter said as we watched Emma's parents on Glee discuss her OCD. "Jeesh. I'm a kid and I know that."

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'I Became So Depressed That I Stopped Going To School'

| Karen A., 16 | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: La Youth, Depression, Suicidal-Thoughts, Depression Medication, Depression Factors, Clinical Depression, Anxiety, Teen Depression, Anxiety Disorder, Family-Depression, Teen News

This is a teen-written article from our friends at L.A. Youth, a nonprofit organization that uses media as a tool for young people to examine themselv...

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A Conversation With Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter About Stigma, Discrimination, and Brain Disorders

S.Z. Berg | Posted 02.27.2012

Read More: Stigma, Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety Disorder, Ocd, Rosalynn Carter, Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Discrimination, Healthy Living News

For more than 40 years, former First Lady Rosalynn Carter has been an unrelenting crusader for people suffering from mental illness.

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Anxiety vs. Stress: What's The Difference?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Anxiety vs. Stress, Fear, Chronic Stress, Stress vs. Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders, Science, Stress Anxiety Difference, Anxiety Stress Difference, Anxiety Disorder, Stress, Acute Stress, Video, Talk Nerdy to Me, Ocd, Ptsd, Anxiety, Education News

Acute and chronic stress aren't diagnosable mental illnesses, but anxiety disorders are. So what's the difference? To me, this line is a bit fuzzy. It all comes down to what's happening in the brain, and how that affects an individual's ability to cope.

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5 Signs Your Anxiety Has Become A Disorder

Jason Eric Schiffman, M.D., M.A., M.B.A. | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Healthy Living Health News, Symptoms of Anxiety Disorder, Healthy Living Mind, Mental Health, Signs of Anxiety Disorder, Slidepollajax, Help for Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder Treatment, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Healthy Living News

Like the child who is so afraid there is a monster in his closet that he never opens the door, adults with anxiety disorders may suffer needlessly for years because they avoid feared activities and places.

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Navigating The Underworld Of Anxiety

Kari Henley | Posted 07.29.2011

Read More: Depression, Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Dealing With Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Coping With Anxiety, Healthy Living News

Psychiatric issues remain in the hazy, murky places that stay under the surface of acceptable illnesses. I had no idea how isolating it can be.

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Are You An Anxiety Junkie? 7 Strategies To Break The Addiction

Judith Orloff MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Internet, Fear, Emotion, Addiction, Anxiety, The Internet, Anxiety Disorder, Self Help, Internet Addiction, How to Deal With Anxiety, Coping With Anxiety, Healthy Living News

Being aware of what triggers your anxiety and mindfully making choices to cope with them provides emotional freedom. life. Then you won't simply be reacting when your buttons get pushed.

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The Patient Is A Person

Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hospitals, Psychotherapy, Doctors, Prescription Pills, Mental Health, Psychoactive-Substance, Psychiatric Inpatient, Anxiety Disorder, Pfizer, Psychosis, Psychotic, Neurontin, Home News

Is this what the science and art of psychotherapy and psychiatry has been reduced to? Don't talk, don't question, don't get to know the patient. The Doctor's role is to be the last part of the conveyor belt leading from the pharmaceutical plant to the patient's mouth.

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Using Socratic Questioning To Help Social Anxiety

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Anxiety, Social Anxiety Help, Social Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Help, Anxiety, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

My client, I'll call her Alison, has social anxiety. Like many people with her problem, she holds a strong belief: "I shouldn't call attention to myself."

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7 Practical Steps to Reduce Anxiety

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress Management, Stress Anxiety, Stress, Stress Relief, How to Deal With Anxiety, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Coping, Healthy Living News

While a deeper understanding of the nature of the mind will have longer lasting effects, the above emergency interventions may be useful strategies when you have to do something to stop anxiety.

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4 Ways To Get Past Cold Feet (Or Any Kind Of Anxiety)

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cold Feet, Anxiety, Happiness, Social Anxiety, Decisions, Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphorbia, Generalized Anxiety, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News

Fresh Living blogger Holly Lebowitz Rossi recently wrote a helpful post on how to get past cold feet or any second-guessing for that matter. She write...

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Fear Of Failure

Mona Ackerman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Balanced Life, Anxiety Disorder, Healthy Living News

Q: I am in a crisis. I feel huge distress. I'm not usually like this. Most of the time, I am a healthy, free-wheeling 70-year-old with lots of en...

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