Category Archives: Phobia

Odontophobia: Fear Of The Dentist Can Be Lessened Through …

Researchers from King's College London have found that dental phobia, fear of the dentist, can be lessened through cognitive behavior therapy.

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 …

California Case Shows How Mental Health Cuts Overload ERs …

States cut five billion dollars in mental health services from 2009 to 2012, according to USA Today. A new article online in Annals of Emergency.