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Social Anxiety: The Pervasive Creature in your Mind | Psych Central

Social phobia is a pervasive disorder that afflicts about 15 million adults in the United States, according to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA). The ADAA also reports that 36 percent of social anxiety …

10 Most Common Personality Disorders – Fitness Tips for Life

Personality disorders are often misunderstood by anyone without a medical degree. Because they are very complicated and hard to diagnose, misinformation ex.

Disability rights groups weigh in on New York assisted suicide case

Eleven disability rights groups, led by Not Dead Yet, filed an amicus brief in support of a recent court decision, currently on appeal, dismissing a challenge to New York State's physician-assisted suicide law. “Our basic position …

Autistic Self Advocacy Network Joins Disability Rights Amicus Brief …

On Wednesday January 6, the Autistic Self Advocacy Network joined Not Dead Yet and nine other disability rights organizations in filing a friend-of-the-court brief opposing physician-assisted suicide in New York. The brief …

Treating Bipolar Disorder Without Medication – living in stigma

This article appeared on a new site I found Science20.com discussing Bipolar Disorder. The words 'Lithium', 'weight gain' and 'olanzapine' are mentioned which are all too familiar to me. Bipolar disorder is a diagnosis given …