Month: October 2010
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Women’s Anxiety Increasing?
Why are anxiety disorders among women on the rise? One general practitioner—not a psychiatrist—estimates that one in five of the patients she sees now is there for anxiety issues, making it one of the most common reasons young women show up in her exam room. Megan Catalano, 34, of Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, is living…
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Meditation v. Anxiety and Depression in MS Patients
USA Today: Meditation reduces depression, fatigue, anxiety in MS patients Those in the meditation program, in fact, improved in almost all the measures of fatigue, depression, anxiety and quality of life, while those who received usual medical care declined slightly on most of the measures. For instance, those who took mindfulness training saw their depressive symptoms…
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Personality and Exercise
Your personality may influence your interest in exercise (PsychCentral): If you have a high metabolism, you are more likely to have personality traits that will draw you to a five-mile run or a game of tennis. On the flip side, if you have a slow metabolism, the couch may look much more appealing to you…
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Anxiety, Insomnia, and Menopause
The WSJ draws a connection between anxiety, insomnia, and menopause. “Many of these women are told, ‘You feel bad because your husband is having an affair, or your youngest is in college, or you didn’t get that promotion. Take this Prozac.’ When what is really going on was fluctuating levels of estrogen…”
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Anxiety Disorders: More Than a Case of the Nerves
A lecture by Ellen Haller, MD: “Anxiety Disorders–More Than a Case of the Nerves.” Part of a series on women’s health.
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Sleeping Disorders Caused by Anxiety
Last of these for posting here–Sleeping Disorders Caused by Anxiety: