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Anxiety Disorders and Physical Health
- Anxiety disorders affect more than emotional health -- they are also associated with many physical illnesses, suggests important new research in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Researchers found an association between anxiety disorders and thyroid, respiratory, gastrointestinal, arthritis, migraine, and allergic conditions.
- Obesity may both contribute to and result from anxiety disorders, according to two 2006 studies. One study reported that obes...
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My history with antidepressants
By Deborah Gray , Health Expert...the file, and diagnosed me with mild to moderate Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Because of this,... Read more »
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: What You Need to Know
By Jerilyn Ross, M.A., L.I.C.S.W. , Health Expert...than half of adults in the United States who have untreated OCD report that their condition... Read more »
OCD - Statistics on Underdiagnosis and Undertreatment
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertObsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is one of the most common mental illnesses in the United... Read more »
The Difference Between Obsessions and Compulsions
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertObsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder. It involves intrusive and unwanted... Read more »
Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinsons May Help Anxiety
By Amy Hendel , Health ExpertVery often in science research, a treatment will be studied for one condition and coincidentally it... Read more »
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Anxiety Disorders: Medications
...caution in prescribing other types of SSRIs to pregnant women. A 2006 study in the New England Journal of Medicine indicated that babies born to women who take SSRIs during the second half of... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Complications
...than those who have only a physical illness. According to a 2006 study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, anxiety disorders tend to occur before the development of physical disorders.Heart... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Risk Factors
...indicated that if such children could be identified as early as 2 years of age they possibly could be treated to avoid later anxiety disorders.Personality Factors. Children's personalities may... Read more »Eating Disorders: Risk Factors
...disorder, rather than whether they are anorexic or bulimic, may be the more important factor in determining treatment choice.Avoidant Personalities. Some studies indicate that as many as a third... Read more »Anxiety Disorders: Treatment
TreatmentAnxiety disorders require treatment. Simply trying to talk oneself out of anxiety is as futile as trying to talk oneself out of a heart or stomach problem. Most anxiety disorders, especially... Read more »
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