Panic

Former Congressman Patrick Kennedy's Mission: A Moonshot Into the Mind

S.Z. Berg | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Brain Disorders, Parkinson's, Panic, Bipolar, Alzheimer's, Patrick Kennedy, Anxiety, Disorders of Brain, Brain Science, Neurological Disorders, Brain Disorder, Healthy Living Health News, The Mind, Healthy Living News
S.Z. Berg

Patrick Kennedy is challenging scientists to see "innerspace" as the new frontier, a moonshot into the mind to explore brain circuitry and impaired genes and to develop research that can be translated into therapies and cures for all brain disorders.

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The Politics, Stigma and Experience of Brain Disorders: A Blog Series

S.Z. Berg | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Mental Health, Brain Disorder, Ocd, Schizophrenia, Panic, Bipolar, Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Healthy Living News
S.Z. Berg

The holiday season is a good time to talk about brain disorders. The kind I'm talking about are more commonly referred to as mental illness, but I think that term detracts from the fact that depression, anxiety disorders and other such conditions arise in the brain.

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Verizon 'Emergency' Text Alert Causes Panic In New Jersey

AP | DAVID PORTER | Posted 02.11.2012

Read More: Alert, Verizon, Homeland Security, Panic, Wireless, Emergency, Text, New Jersey, Cell Phone, Technology News

NEWARK, N.J. — Not quite the "War Of The Worlds" broadcast of a Martian invasion in New Jersey, a Verizon "emergency" alert Monday that the comp...

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Are We All Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Stress, Blame, Self-Awareness, Panic, Blaming Other, Consciousness, Suffering, Healthy Living Spirit, Emotional Stress, Post Traumatic Stress, Acts of God, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

You can't figure out how to fix bad tings until you know why they happened. This applies to society but also to our personal lives.

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The Successful Monologist: Nature Versus Nurture?

George Heymont | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: The Kinship Center, Panic!, Donna Madonna, Madonna, San Francisco Fringe Festival, Donna Reed, John Paul Karliak, Arts News
George Heymont

I recently watched two people perform monologues at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. While the quality of writing and subject matter varied, the success of each was determined within its first 60 seconds by the artist's confidence and personal charisma.

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How To Have A Happy Hurricane

Martin Boroson | Posted 10.27.2011

Read More: Stress, Hurricane Irene, Moment, Panic, Hurricane Irene Kindness, Hurricane Irene 2011, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Martin Boroson

Over the last two days, I have heard many politicians and emergency officials on the East Coast reminding us to be "smart" or "cautious." But I wish that one of them would also remind us to be kind.

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Amanda M. Fairbanks

Joblessness Plagues College Graduates In Ongoing Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Panic, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jobless, Economic Recovery, Higher Education, College Graduates, Worry, College News

This story was reported in collaboration with our partners at Patch.com. NEW YORK -- Seventy-five job applications. Forty cover letters. Twelve int...

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A U.S. Health Meltdown Over Japan's Nuclear Crisis

Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Potassium Iodine Pills. Potassium Iodide Pills, Japan Earthquake, Japan Tsunami, Panic, West Coast, Cedars Sinai, Potassium-Iodide, Los Angeles, Radiation, Nuclear Meltdown, Los Angeles News
Glenn D. Braunstein, M.D.

Far too many people are worrying themselves sick over the remote possibility that they and their families might be exposed to massive amounts of radiation from Japan.

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Twitter Accidently Causes London 'Gunman' Panic

Richard MacKichan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shooting, Oxford Circus, Twitter, Threats, Panic, London, Guns, Tweets, Media News
Richard MacKichan

An innocent Twitter post from a fashion assistant turned London's Oxford Circus into a panic zone yesterday.

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The Next Osama Syndrome: America, the Fearful

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fear, Terror, Trauma, Danger, Threats, Terrorism, US Airways Flight 1549, Media, Culture, Relationships, Panic, Hudson River Plane Crash, Osama Bin Laden, Healthy Living News
Judith Acosta

While chronic, viral fear has made us hyper-vigilant and hyper-suggestible, it has simultaneously made us less prepared, less likely to defend ourselves appropriately, and more likely to get hurt.

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How Not to Catch a Thief

David Dagan | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Russia, Psychology, Gogol, Crime, Panic, Pickpocket, St. Petersburg, Healthy Living News
David Dagan

I was strolling on the edge of a park in St. Petersburg, debating where to stop for coffee, when I heard a commotion on the opposite sidewalk. A stou...

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Returning U.S. Soldiers, Trauma And The Job Market

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Srini Pillay, Fear, Work, Srinivasan Pillay, Economy, Panic, War, Life Unlocked, Anxiety, Ptsd, Veterans, Military, Healthy Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

The trauma of war can cause several problems to the brain and associated functions in thinking and feeling. Here are some of the changes anticipated and what they mean for returning soldiers.

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Fear and Verbal First Aid for Children

Judith Acosta | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Fear, Verbal First Aid, Parenting, Responsibility, Children, Limbic System, Kid Whispering, Panic, Relationships, Healthy Living News
Judith Acosta

Nothing moves us faster, spreads faster or stops us faster than fear. If we can create panic, can't we also create calm?

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Investigate This: Why Did the Market Tank?

Danny Schechter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Market Manipulation, Market, Panic, Crash, Greece Debt Crisis, Marketmaker, Business News
Danny Schechter

The finance industry's jargon keeps people from figuring out what's going on. Traders and brokers have come up such complex instruments that even financial journalists don't understand the markets.

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Are Some People Natural-Born Meditators?

Priscilla Warner | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chanting, Monk, Yongey Mingyar Rinpoche, Panic, Meditation, Belleruth Naparstek, Mantra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Anxiety, Healthy Living News
Priscilla Warner

I've listened faithfully to meditation CDs, chirping birds and delicate raindrops. I've stared into pounding surf and scented candles. But the other day, I was forced to confront the fact that my husband is a natural.

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A "National Emergency?" No, a National Anxiety Attack

Jay Gordon, MD | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Swine Flu, Flu, Influenza, National Emergency, Panic, Vaccines, H1n1, Healthy Living News
Jay Gordon, MD

The possibility of your healthy child "being hooked to a respirator" because of Swine Flu is incredibly small. To imply otherwise is an unintelligent scare tactic.

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The Darkest Days: Black Friday, Saturday, Sunday, And The Rest

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Finance, Shopping, Black Friday, Panic, Business News
Lapham's Quarterly

Despite the popularity of Black Friday among retailers and the local news media, every day of the week has at some point or another been described as "black." In fact, an entire week can be cobbled together out of the darkness.

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Martians in New Jersey: Remembering the War of the Worlds

Michael Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aliens, Hysteria, Anniversary, Hoax, Fake-News, War, Panic, Radio, Great Depression, Halloween, Orson Welles, New Jersey, New York News
Michael Kaplan

Orson Welles was a talented director, and, at the age of 22, a very naughty boy.

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Manage Fear So It Doesn't Manage You

Lauren Mackler | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Living Fearlessly, Solemate, Lauren Mackler, Fear, Live Boldly, Fearlessness, Panic, Soulmate, Healthy Living News
Lauren Mackler

If you're living life from a place of fear, you're not free to take risks or pursue your dreams.

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The Hysteria Factor: Obama and the Swine Flu

Mike Papantonio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vaccine, Air America, Pap Attack, Swine Flu, Civil Liberties, Mike Papantonio, Fear, Kathleen Sebelius, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Pandemic, Panic, Ring of Fire, Video, Politics News
Mike Papantonio

Napolitano can't afford to understate the seriousness of the swine flu, even though America has been abused by politically motivated scare tactics for eight years.

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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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From Fear To Panic: Overreacting In The Face Of Uncertainty

New York Times | Jane E. Brody | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Uncertainty, Fear, Personal Health, Swine Flu Pandemic, Panic, Swine Flu, Healthy Living News

Could a reason for the panicky reaction to the swine flu outbreak be that it diverted our attention, however briefly, from the devastating effects of ...

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Ending the Meltdown Melodrama

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Economic Crisis, Blogging the Meltdown, Economic Panic, Economy, Economic Meltdown, Panic, Business News
Deepak Chopra

Mass media thrives on melodrama, and so does modern politics. We became addicted to the scary side of the economic meltdown -- the term itself is a piece of verbal melodrama.

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Fear Recedes

James Berman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Housing Market, Bill Miller, Unemployment, Gdp, Economy, Stock Market, Panic, 000, 8, Dow, Recession, Hoover, Business News
James Berman

Common knowledge doesn't influence markets, only true surprises do.

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The Ungovernable

Peter Clothier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consciousness, Barack Obama, Recession, Panic, Politics News
Peter Clothier

The current spectacle of outrage, skepticism and mistrust amongst Americans is a reminder of a theory I have shared, I know with many others, for quit...

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