Friday, December 08, 2006

Social phobia? You can help



Health 24 - Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also called social phobia, is defined as an overwhelming and disabling fear of scrutiny, embarrassment, or humiliation in everyday social situations which leads to avoidance of many potentially pleasurable and
Source: www.health24.com

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US News and World Report - Unlike Cox, who has a specific phobia, those who are afflicted with panic disorder cannot predict when it will strike, so its unpredictability People with an anxiety disorder are three to five times as likely to go to the doctor and six times as
Source: www.usnews.com

A Phobia Fix
Boston Globe - A Phobia Fix Dr. David Barlow, director of the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders at Boston University, may have found a drug that can help treat public speaking fear or a test taking fear or sometimes eating in public or even a disorder we
Source: www.boston.com

Mental Health Matters: Children & Stress
Arlington Heights Daily Herald - may cling to parents, refuse to go to school, or be afraid to sleep alone.Ý Repeated nightmares about separation and physical symptoms such as stomachaches and headaches are also common in children with separation anxiety disorder. Social Phobia
Source: www.dailyherald.com

Dr Mahipal S. Sachdev
Tribune - Many other psychiatric illnesses like anxiety disorder, social phobia and drug abuse have been found to have genetic components. Going through these figures may be difficult to understand at times. Therefore, instead
Source: www.tribuneindia.com


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