Anxiety and OCD Exposed

Archive for January, 2010

Frowns, Smiles, and Botox

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Chuck and I are going to get professional pictures for our web site in order to show our readers how much older we’ve become. So, already, I’m a bit worried about my smile. I don’t ...

Attachment and Anxiety

Thursday, January 28th, 2010
The first cry of a healthy infant signals the beginning of a biologically driven connection between mother and child. Minutes after ...

Worry, Haiti, and Children

Monday, January 18th, 2010
All children worry and are frightened from time to time. However, between 3 and 6 percent of children worry almost all of the time. They have a condition called generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Many professionals ...

Anxiety, Depression, Bailouts, and Haiti

Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Like millions of human beings, I've found myself riveted to the horrors of Haiti. While watching the news at half attention this morning, President Obama's speech on putting a tax on the companies that took ...

What’s the difference between swine flu, depression, and pregnancy?

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
When I meet new people, they often tell me about someone they know that has some sort of emotional problem. Many people give me a synopsis of symptoms and ask whether or not a person ...

Do You Have Borderline Personality Disorder?

Saturday, January 9th, 2010
In the past several decades, we've watched the treatment of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) evolve from a virtually hopeless status with no clear answers as to what may work, to a far more sophisticated and ...

Sticks and Stones and Feelings

Monday, January 4th, 2010
Sam, a 5th grader, hates school. He cries and complains to his mother, pretends that he's sick, and if forced to go to school is simply miserable. It seems to be getting worse every day. ...
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Recent Comments
  • jeanette baca: Im sorry to put it this way but this is how it is I have been married to a wonderful nightmare of a...
  • Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D.: @EF: Good point.
  • EF: Also, psychostimulants, used to treat ADHD (Adderall, Ritalin,etc) also have the common side effect of anxiety...
  • Childhood OCD Survivor: By stabilizing the patient I mean when the patient is psychotic or manic or the patient is...
  • Charles H. Elliott, Ph.D.: @EF: In generaly, you make some good points. However, I’ve seen too many cases of...
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