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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 OCD? OCD, Anxiety and COVID.

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What is PANDAS and PANS

Prosper Health Collective

PANDAS and PANS are both health conditions that frequently look just like OCD. PANDAS stands for Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus. This is unlike OCD which may display a gradual emergency of symptoms over weeks or months. strep throat or influenza).

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How Do I Know If I Have An Eating Disorder?

MQ Mental Health

Eating disorders can be very serious mental illnesses with symptoms that can be distressing to those experiencing the disorder and those who care for them. But not all eating disorder symptoms are physical. You might deny the seriousness of your eating disorder and think others are making a fuss about nothing.

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Maternal Mental Health: How to Manage the Mental Health Challenges of Being a Mum

Psychological Health Care

In more formal terms, maternal mental health refers to the emotional and psychological well-being of mothers during the prenatal, postpartum, and beyond stages of motherhood. During this time, mothers may experience postpartum depression, anxiety, or mood disorders. Symptoms can include sadness, anxiety and difficulty concentrating.

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Anxiety In Elderly: Types, Symptoms, Causes & Ways To Manage 2023

Blurt It Out

It is estimated that the rate of anxiety disorders in older adults is as high as 20.8% , [1] a number that closely mirrors the rates seen in all adults. How Do You Treat Anxiety Disorders In Older Adults? The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders has been updated to its fifth edition (referred to as DSM-5).

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Anxious intrusive thoughts and how to manage them

Lawson Psychology

This blog has been written in support of International Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Awareness Week. We discuss what anxious intrusive thoughts are, why we have them, how intrusive thoughts become ‘stuck’ in OCD, and strategies that can help us manage intrusive thoughts. What are intrusive thoughts?

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Women Working In Mental Health Research

MQ Mental Health

Women Working on Preventions and Interventions Dr Susanne Ahmari, (USA) identified brain activity related to Obsessive behaviours, the first step towards developing new treatments for OCD in 2013. Professor Petra Vértes (UK) used genetics to improve understanding of the biological underpinnings of Schizophrenia in 2017.