Anxiety Disorders

For Kids, How Anxious Is Too Anxious?

| Posted 05.08.2012

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Written By Jerome Bubrick, PhD This story is part of Speak Up for Kids, an annual public education program held during National Children's Mental H...

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Cara Santa Maria

Anxiety vs. Stress: What's The Difference?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 02.14.2012

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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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Logic, Guns and Mental Illness

Gloria Duffy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Major Depression, Mental Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Public-Policy, Public Discourse, Anxiety Disorders, Suicide, Bi-Polar Disorder, National Institute of Mental Health, Columbine Killings, Personality Disorders, Guns, Mental Illness, Tucson Shooting, Schizophrenia, Commonwealth Club, Virginia Tech Massacre, Jared Loughner, Anti-Social Disorders, Gun Control, Automatic Weapons, Second Amendment, Politics News
Gloria Duffy

The logic is absolutely clear -- the more guns in private hands, the more people will be shot and killed each year in the US. The more guns in private hands, the greater the number will be of mentally unstable individuals with guns.

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Our Narrow View Of Depression Is Compounding The Problem

Michael Yapko | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Depression, Antidepressant, Psychology, Depression, Medical Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Wellness, Healthy Living News
Michael Yapko

Depression is more a social problem than a medical one, and no purely biological cure will be found for it any more than biology alone will cure other social ills such as poverty or child abuse.

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PANIC: 3 Ways You Can Turn Panic Into Happiness

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Happiness, Fear, Anxiety Disorders, Panic, The Inner Life, Panic Disorders, Anxiety, Acute-Anxiety, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

We are witnessing an outbreak of panic and fear as people in the US respond with misunderstanding and ignorance to falsely perceived threats to their ...

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