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Why Worry: Understanding OCD and Anxiety Disorders

Psychological Health Care

While the impact of COVID-19 may be contributing to heightened levels of worry in general, for many, ongoing anxiety is a debilitating mental health disorder. In fact, anxiety and associated conditions such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) are common mental health conditions. What Is Anxiety? What Is OCD?

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Stress The Point: Stress vs Mental Illness

MQ Mental Health

The difference between the two was outlined to me when I was in the early stages of being diagnosed with CPTSD in the following way: PTSD occurs mostly in adults who have been through a traumatic event and can be developed by anyone, even someone who has never had a history of trauma, mental health issues or other risk factors for mental illness.

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Technology and the future of cognitive-behavioral interventions

Society of Clinical Psychology

While smartphone-delivered treatments hold exciting promise, issues of efficacy, engagement, and privacy will be critical for our field to address if smartphone-based treatments are going to make a truly meaningful impact on access to mental healthcare. Journal of Anxiety Disorders , 55 , 70–78. Leigh & Flatt, 2015). Andrews, G.,

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Contemporary Issues in Understanding Immigrant Mental Health Needs and Challenges

Society of Clinical Psychology

Asnaani has published extensively in the areas of mechanisms of cognitive behavior therapy and the intersection with diversity issues, and is currently the Principal Investigator on several lab-based and community-based studies examining integration of technology in the study of anxiety disorders, OCD and PTSD. References cited.

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My Short Stay in a Mental Health Hospital

Beautiful Voyager

Anxiety so strong it tightened my chest to a choking point and made me feel like cutting myself to bleed the anxious feelings out of my system. Yes, one for depression and one for anxiety. I’d had the same passive suicidal thoughts, ramped-up anxiety and cutting fantasies. Once he arrived, I got the standard set of questions.