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When Someone You Love has Anxiety…

Gary Direnfeld

For many, there is a relational aspect to anxiety. Those that get drawn in become part of a dynamic where as they try to comfort, cajole, support, facilitate, the one with the anxiety experiences and expresses greater fear. In turn, the anxiety escalates. They seek others to help them manage, make them feel safe or less anxious.

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The Relationship between Gender Affirming Medical Interventions and Social Anxiety Among Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming Individuals

Society of Clinical Psychology

Gender affirming medical interventions (GAMI) are interventions that some, but not all, transgender or gender non-conforming (TGNC) individuals seek in order to bring their primary and secondary sex characteristics in line with their own affirmed gender. In our study, we examined how social anxiety relates to the utilization of GAMIs.

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Roadmap toward a neuromodulatory treatment for PTSD and anxiety

Society of Clinical Psychology

by Nicholas L Balderston Anxiety disorders are among the most diagnosed classes of mental disorders with 1 in 5 individuals meeting criteria for an anxiety disorder within a given year in the US (Kessler & Chiu, 2005). For these reasons and others, anxiety disorders cost the US economy billions of dollars per year (Vos et al.,

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Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social Worker: Difference?

Gary Direnfeld

The teen has anxiety: The psychiatrist prescribed medication. Each intervention may be applied singularly or in combinations with others. Depending on what may be considered the major contributory issues to the teens anxiety, one approach may be more appropriate than another. Case example.

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Training therapists in evidence-based mental health interventions: What works and what holds promise for the future?

Society of Clinical Psychology

During that time, she had been having several panic attacks per day and met criteria for multiple anxiety disorders. However, despite all her years of psychosocial intervention, she had never received evidence-based interventions for her anxiety. Unfortunately, people like Jenna are not as uncommon as we would hope.

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Prioritising Sexual Health and Intimacy with Sexology

Psychological Health Care

In this article we’ll look at reasons why you should prioritise your sexual health, how a sexologist can help and when to consult a sexologist. Intimate connections and positive sexual experiences can contribute to lower stress levels, reduced anxiety and an overall improvement in mental health. Why Consult a Sexologist?

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Councils referring more children from residential to foster care, report agencies

Community Care

But they warned that such moves needed to go at the pace of the child, to help manage their anxieties, and also stressed the need to allay foster carers’ concerns about young people coming from children’s homes having particularly high needs. 3m of this will go towards a regional recruitment project in the North East.