At the outset, I would like to thank everyone who had gone through my earlier article and posted their valuable comments. In view of this huge response I was encouraged to post the second part of Anxiety Treatment for...
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Fear and Phobia are qualitatively very different problems hence a distinction between them is useful. 1) A fear is a normal emotional response to a real or perceived threat that everyone experiences. Eg: If someone points a gun at...
Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, is the most common anxiety disorder and one of the most common psychiatric disorders. It is characterized by an intense fear of being judged by others...
Treatment for social anxiety disorder or social phobia has entered the personalized medicine arena—brain imaging can provide neuromarkers to predict whether traditional options such as cognitive behavioral therapy will work for a particular patient, reported a National Institute of...
What is psychology? What are the branches of psychology? Psychology is the science of the mind and behavior. The word “psychology” comes from the Greek word psyche meaning “breath, spirit, soul”, and the Greek word loggia meaning the study...
Taking the leap from courting to living together reduces emotional distress When it comes to emotional problems, young couples — especially women — do just as well moving in together as they do getting married, says a study. The findings suggest...
For one, we need to make technology our friend. Doctors and patients may be averse to the introduction of technology, but that is generally when it distances providers from their patients or seems to produce more work. Examples of...
I’ve enjoyed writing this Write out of Depression blog. It introduced me to many of you fascinating readers. It saw me through the writing and publishing of my book, writing through the Darkness: Easing Your Depression with Paper and...
Sadness, feeling down, having a loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities – these are symptoms of depression familiar to all of us. Depression is a mental health disorder, a psychiatric condition. Specifically, it is a mood disorder...
Nearly one in five Americans have been diagnosed with some form of anxiety disorder. These range from panic attacks and post-traumatic stress disorder to social phobias and obsessive-compulsive disorders. Anti-anxiety drugs or antidepressants can curb symptoms that interfere with...
