Anxiety News & Articles

Study: Yoga Helps Anxiety, Depression - A new article appearing in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine suggests that yoga can help with anxiety and depression.

Metrotherapy: Train Kept A Om-ing - The brainchild of therapist Ashok Gupta, Metrotherapy is a meditation system that can be performed in crowded public transportation areas to help ease anxiety, panic attacks and claustrophobia.

Intro. to Generalized Anxiety Disorder - Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is much more than the normal anxiety people experience day to day. It's chronic and exaggerated worry and tension, even though nothing seems to provoke it.

Treatment of Anxiety - Effective treatments for each of the anxiety disorders have been developed through research. In general, two types of treatment are available for an anxiety disorder-medication and specific types of psychotherapy (sometimes called "talk therapy")...

Intro. to Panic Disorder - People with panic disorder have feelings of terror that strike suddenly and repeatedly with no warning.

Intro. to Phobias - Phobias occur in several forms. A specific phobia is a fear of a particular object or situation. Social phobia is a fear of being painfully embarrassed in a social setting. And agoraphobia, which often accompanies panic disorder, is a fear of being in any situation that might provoke a panic attack, or from which escape might be difficult if one occurred.

Intro. to Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - The disturbing thoughts or images are called obsessions, and the rituals performed to try to prevent or dispel them are called compulsions. There is no pleasure in carrying out the rituals you are drawn to, only temporary relief from the discomfort caused by the obsession.

Intro to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating condition that follows a terrifying event. Often, people with PTSD have persistent frightening thoughts and memories of their ordeal and feel emotionally numb, especially with people they were once close to.

 

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