Category Archives: Therapy for anxiety

Chronic Anxiety. Chronic anxiety is characterized by constant, pervasive feelings of anxiousness and worry. As discussed in the previous chapter, from a cognitive, physiologic, and ...

PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ANXIETY The first decision that often must be considered in treating the patient with acute anxiety is whether to recommend using a drug. ...

PREVENTION OF LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF STRESS. An important component of crisis management is to set the stage for the prevention of the long-term effects of ...

Acute Anxiety, Tension Disorders. Acute anxiety, fear, and tension are common problems. We all experience these emotions when threatened or upset. Sometimes we can identify ...

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER FROM ANXIETY. The essential feature of this disorder “is the development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically distressing event that is ...

OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER OF ANXIETY. The essential feature of this disorder is recurrent obsessions or compulsions sufficiently severe to cause marked distress, to be time-consuming, ...

THE DIAGNOSIS OF ANXIETY DISORDERS. Drawing the line between normal anxiety, syndromes of anxiety, and clinical anxiety is difficult and somewhat arbitrary. We have suggested ...

Anxiety Syndromes and Disorders. In the first chapter we reviewed the major subjective, cognitive, physiologic, and behavioral aspects of anxiety. Can certain syndromes or types ...

Implications for Treatment, psychological treatment of anxiety. Psychodynamic theory continues to influence the psychological treatment of anxiety. In particular, psychodynamic theory has revealed the intricate ...

Understanding more about your body. Your brain and your body communicate with each other via your nervous system. If you hit your thumb with a ...