Anxiety Disorder

As we learned from these two talks each person experience with OCD is quietly different, but as important and tormenting and distressful as much to the person experience it as to their loved ones. In the first talk called Anxiety Disorder and Panic Attack by Alison Sommer, she said that her OCD causes her “to…

Psychiatric Epidemiology, 3rd edition covers the epidemiological literature of anxiety disorders based on DSM III, DSM III R, DSM IV or ICD-9 criteria. It begins by referencing The NCS-R study, which estimated the lifetime prevalence of any anxiety disorder at 28.8%. The ESEMed study on the other hand, reported a life time prevalence of 13.6%…

Abstract This paper is a review of the literature surrounding schools implementing cognitive behavioral therapies (CBT) for students with anxiety disorders. Being able to better understand and work with students who may be showing signs of anxiety or have been diagnosed with anxiety issues is crucial in allowing academic success. Several evidence-based researches are presented…

Imagine yourself for a moment. Your attention is plunged within your mind. Your pulse patters as thick rain plummeting on a tin roof. Drums pound between your ears. You sense a threat is coming. “Keep moving,” your instincts plead. Tingling creeps into your hands. You can’t get enough air. What we just imagined is a…