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My Battles with Severe Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and …

I have obsessive-compulsive disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. I was diagnosed the summer before my freshman year in high school, though I likely dealt with one or both illnesses for most of my life to that point.

Mennonite witness leads to lasting change in US mental-health care

Barnhart, a former journalist and a freelance writer from Kansas City, Missouri, was on the Bethel College campus July 19 to present “From Resisters to Reformers: How Kansas Mennonites Changed Mental Health Care” to …

Soldier, combat dog share PTSD diagnosis, road to recovery | Article …

Up at 5 a.m., retired Staff Sgt. Matthew Bessler often speaks his first words of the day to his dog, Mike, who lives with him now in Powell, Wyoming, and who has deployed with him twice to Iraq.

Panic Attacks: Study Reveals The Best Type of Treatment – PsyBlog

Large study compares the effectiveness of different types of therapies for panic disorders. Cognitive behavioural therapy is the best treatment for panic disorders, a new study finds. In addition, most people prefer therapy over …

The Hidden Cost of Gun Violence: Meet a Mother and Her 7-Year …

Thousands of Americans in high-violence neighborhoods have developed post-traumatic stress. 24-year-old Aireana and her children are among the few who've been able to get treatment.