The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) was developed in the USA as a valuable screening tool for detecting GAD in primary care patients [15]. The Generalized Anxiety Disorder-2 (GAD-2) is a short version of the tool …
Category Archives: Phobia
Social Anxiety – More Than Shyness | Psych2Go.net
According to WebMD (n.d.), social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, is where “a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations.” With individuals who have social anxiety disorder, they may fall into one of …
Those with Severe Mental Illness Rarely Tested for Diabetes …
Despite the fact that individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) are two to three times more likely to have type II diabetes than the general population, low-income patients on Medicaid are rarely screened for it, according to a …
OCD, Social Anxiety Disorder, and Treatment | Psych Central
Recently, I've been reading some articles on social anxiety, and it struck me how many of the situations and symptoms reminded me of my son Dan when he was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Can video games combat mental illness stigma? – Phys.org
"The challenge games face in regard to the mental health discussion is how to bring these issues to light without falling into the common traps," Patrick Lindsey wrote in a 2014 opinion piece for Polygon, noting that horror …