It's November, which means we're on the leading edge of winter. As ever, it's a season associated with coughs, colds and influenza. When the H1N1 (swine flu) strain was first reported in Mexico, we all sat up and took notice of the death toll. It really did look like a nasty virus was coming our way. A few months later and opinions... Read more
Before any psychological treatment for anxiety can commence a detailed and accurate assessment should be made. Assessment is the very first step in the therapy process, but it continues as the therapy progresses and sometimes for months after therapy has concluded. Various methods might be used and this is the focus of this Sharepost.
The... Read more
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is an approach to treatment based around the relationship between thoughts (cognitions) and the behaviors stemming from these. By focusing on particular thoughts and beliefs known to negatively affect mood and behavior the therapist collaborates with the client in order to alleviate the problem(s). In this Sharepost... Read more
People with a history of panic episodes appear to be more sensitive to changes in their bodily sensations. This seems to leave them more vulnerable to misinterpreting the sensations and thus more prone to the experience of panic.
Professor David M. Clark, a psychologist and director of the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma at the... Read more
There is an undeniable association between stress and sleepless nights. Most people have first hand experience of this but what is less clear is whether the stress we experience in early life has an effect on sleep later in life. Alice M. Gregory and Nicola L. Barclay, two British psychologists, have attempted to answer this question by reviewing... Read more
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