Anxiety: In the Arcadian Woods
By By GEORGE MAKARI
Published: April 16, 2012
Anxiety has so many causes and meanings, and a rich history to boot.
Category: anxiety
Spider Phobia Cured With 2-Hour Therapy
Spider Phobia Cured With 2-Hour Therapy
Getting up close and personal with a furry tarantula is probably the very last thing someone with a spider phobia would opt for, but the encounter may be the ticket to busting the brain’s resistance to arachnids.
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Study Discovers Internal Trigger for Panic Attack in the Previously Fearless
An experiment involving a woman incapable of experiencing fear because of brain damage suggests a different path for signals generated by internal bodily stress like heart attacks.
A Seasonal Pattern to Mental Health
An analysis of Google search queries suggests that mental illnesses flourish in winter and decline in summer.
Most effective PTSD therapies are not being widely used, researchers find
Why more Americans are dying of suicide
When the public thinks about suicide, they tend to see it as something that typically affects adolescents and people in later life. But alarmingly, more middle-aged Americans are dying by suicide.
People under stress stick to habits, good or bad
It seems old habits really do die hard – whether they are good or bad.
The Great Divide: Status and Stress
The poor and powerless are at greater risk of early death.
What Witchcraft Is Facebook?
Mass psychogenic illness—historically known as “mass hysteria”—is making a comeback.
Meditation for Anxiety, Depression?
Some 30 minutes of meditation daily may improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, a new Johns Hopkins analysis of previously published research suggests.