Category Archives: ANXIETY DISORDERS

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Scary Symptoms for Hand Tremors

Posted on March 18, 2011 by admin| Comments Off

Shaky hands (especially after age 40) can be a family quirk. They can moreover be a sign that your blood sugar’s dipping and you need a snack with some protein. But very often they’re simply a symptom of stress or … Continue reading →

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Is Depression Ever Good for You?

Posted on May 12, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

To many people afflicted with severe depression, the idea that depression has an “upside” may seem cruel or at best obtuse. Depression makes people suffer so that they often want to kill themselves. Yet, there have been claims that depression … Continue reading →

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Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

Anxiety disorders are usually treated with some form of counseling or psychotherapy, often combined with drug treatment. Doctors now use more focused, time-limited forms of therapy that teach the affected person how to cope with the symptoms of anxiety rather … Continue reading →

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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

Posttraumatic stress disorder refers to the anxiety and disturbances in behavior that develop after experiencing an extreme trauma, such as witnessing a murder, experiencing torture, being in a serious accident, or participating in military combat. A critical feature of posttraumatic … Continue reading →

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Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

Obsessions are recurrent, intrusive thoughts, impulses, or images that the affected person perceives as being inappropriate, grotesque, or forbidden. These thoughts seem unlike the person’s usual thoughts and can cause anxiety and distress. The obsessions moreover seem uncontrollable, and the … Continue reading →

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Panic Disorder

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

Panic attacks are brief and very intense episodes of a high level of anxiety that often occur with no apparent cause. A panic attack can produce sweating, shortness of breath, rapid heart rate, chest pain, numbness or tingling, trembling, and … Continue reading →

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Phobias

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

There are three major types of phobias: specific phobias, social phobias, and agoraphobia. Specific phobias are those triggered by fear of a specific object, such as snakes or spiders. Claustrophobia (fear of enclosed spaces), acrophobia (fear of heights), and fear … Continue reading →

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Generalized Anxiety Disorder

Posted on April 28, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

Fear is the driving force behind anxiety disorders. Each of us experiences fear throughout the course of our lives. But instead of feeling the reasonable fear that helps us recognize and respond to immediate danger, such as narrowly avoiding a … Continue reading →

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Anxiety and Stress Management

Posted on April 20, 2010 by admin| Leave a comment

Doctors don’t know all of the ways that stress and illness are connected, yet they do know that the central nervous system (the brain and the spinal cord) and the immune system can influence one another during stress. Short-term positive … Continue reading →

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