Tag Archives: panic

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 …

Executive Action, Gun Control & Mental Illness: Too Little Too Much

One outcome of Obama's announcement is concern that physicians & mental health care providers will now be reporting everyone's mental illness to the FBI…

JMIR-Establishing and Governing e-Mental Health Care in Australia …

Objective: We conducted a systematic review on e-mental health service use for depressive and anxiety disorders to inform policy development and identify policy-relevant gaps in the evidence base. Methods: Following the …

Meditation Can Help Soldiers Manage PTSD | Psych Central News

A new study suggests regular practice of Transcendental Meditation (TM) helps some active duty service members battle post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Researchers found that practicing TM reduced or even …

PANDAS Disease and Mental Health Stigma | Recovering from …

Recently I received a text message from Amber Becker, one of my readers, asking about my time in the state hospital system. Her daughter McKenzie has several psychiatric and developmental disorders, has been in and out …