Category Archives: Anxiety

Misdiagnosing Bipolar Disorder as Anxiety | Bipolar Laid Bare

Misdiagnosing Bipolar Disorder as Anxiety. When you don't feel well for a while, the usual course of action is to give your primary care physician a call. You drag yourself over to their office trying not to touch anything in the …

Cognitive behavior therapy can help overcome fear of the dentist …

Cognitive behavioural therapy could help many people with a dental phobia overcome their fear of visiting the dentist and enable them to receive dental treatment without the need to be sedated, according to a new study by …

Separating Social Anxiety Disorder and Shyness – HealthyPlace.com

Social anxiety disorder is a double edged sword of misunderstanding but you need to separate social anxiety and shyness to decrease stigma. On the one side, we've got people saying that we're just shy, which is perceived …

Decrease Stigma: Social Anxiety Disorder Is Not Shyness | Surviving …

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) is a stigmatized disorder, and we need to separate social anxiety disorder and shyness to decrease stigma (What Is Stigma?). Some people say that people with SAD are just shy, which is …

Girl Scout promotes reading to help teens deal with mental illness …

And as this week's FOX 4 Reaching 4 Excellence Young Achiever turns the page on her mental health challenges, she shows us we can also read for recovery. Sixteen-year-old Teresa Shockley is drawn to books, especially …