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- Panic Disorder: Answers to your most important questions
Panic disorder is a highly treatable condition that involves panic attack symptoms such as a racing heart, difficulty breathing, dizziness, chocking and hot flashes
- Short, intensive cognitive behavioral therapy can ease panic disorder
Key points Panic disorder is marked by recurring panic attacks as well as ongoing fear of these attacks Medications and cognitive therapies are the first-line treatments for panic disorder Cognitive behavioral therapy, the best studied intervention for panic disorder, can also have downstream effects on psychodynamic processes such as attachment and anxiety sensitivity
- My Anxious Mind - American Psychological Association (APA)
My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic is a marvelous book for teens who feel anxious or shy sometimes or find that anxiety or shyness is becoming too frequent and too painful If anxiety is interfering with teens making friends, doing what they want to, asserting themselves, or asking for help, this is the book for them
- A new era of weight loss: Mental health effects of GLP-1 drugs
Key points GLP-1 drugs can transform the health of people with obesity, quiet “food noise,” and may level the weight-loss playing field Research on the drugs’ mental health effects is mixed Experts worry widespread use could fuel sizeism and eating disorders Psychologists are helping GLP-1 patients develop healthy behaviors and manage body image, identity, and relationship changes
- Understanding anticipatory anxiety during key life transitions
Key points Graduation season brings both excitement and anxiety as individuals face transitions and uncertainties that can often lead to anticipatory anxiety, which can manifest in emotional and physical symptoms Some individuals may develop an inflated sense of a particular threat’s cost and probability, along with exhibiting hypervigilance Encouraging patients to build more structure
- Cognitive Therapy for Panic Disorder
In Cognitive Therapy for Panic Disorder, Dr David M Clark demonstrates a brief therapy for alleviating this debilitating anxiety disorder
- U. S. immigration policy: Mental health impacts of increased detentions . . .
In her research, Naseh has observed how visa-related stress can trigger anxiety, depression, panic attacks, weight changes, and a profound sense of powerlessness among immigrants without legal status or with tenuous legal status—or those afraid of losing it—along with their families and friends
- Anxiety among kids is on the rise. Wider access to CBT may provide . . .
Tailored in-person and app-based interventions for anxiety are allowing psychologists to expand their reach
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