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Beyond Mindfulness

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
My wife, Dr. Smith, and I are big fans of mindfulness approaches to therapy and we've included discussions of mindfulness in most of our self help books within the For Dummies series (including Borderline ...
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More on getting your zzzzzzzzs

Sunday, September 13th, 2009
Last night the phone rang at 2:18 am. I was sound asleep-it was great sleeping weather last night, the cool air streamed through open windows. By the time I woke up enough to understand that ...
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Anxiety and Sleep

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
I't's 4 am, I'm awake. I hope that I can go back to sleep. . . . Did I remember to get the coffee ready?  I hope the traffic won't be so bad tomorrow night, ...
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Sniff your way out of Anxiety?

Monday, August 24th, 2009
In our last blog we discussed the use of Ecstasy in treating people with anxiety. Other researchers have investigated the role of oxytocin, a hormone that the body produces during orgasm in men and women ...
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School Days and Separation Anxiety

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009
School is starting in many areas in the next few weeks. Most kids are excited about the beginning of school. A few kindergarten kids and sometimes even older children will exhibit symptoms of separation anxiety. ...
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Uncontrollable Behaviors: Are they all OCD?

Thursday, July 9th, 2009
Many people exhibit various types of problems that occur repetitively, cause harm to the person, and seem virtually uncontrollable. Sometimes we're asked if these problems are examples of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). Although these other ...
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Obsessions and Compulsions in Bad Times

Monday, July 6th, 2009
Losing a job, worrying about holding on to a job, or fearing ever being able to find a job-these concerns are greater than ever in this economy. Lots of baby boomers look at dwindling retirement ...
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Dogs, Fireworks, Fear and the 4th of July

Friday, July 3rd, 2009
Happy 4th of July. Tonight, we'll sit outside and watch the fireworks from our backyard. Our dogs will likely be close by; not terribly frightened, but a bit upset by the explosions. We'll keep an ...
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A Recent Interview of Us by David DiSalvo, Part 2

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Part II (see previous blog entry for Part I of this interview, conducted by David DiSalvo) Tell us what "anxiety" really is in a clinical sense, and how it's different than "a case ...
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A Recent Interview of Us by David DiSalvo

Friday, June 26th, 2009
We thought you might find a recent interview conducted by David DiSalvo of interest. We have broken it into two parts for easy reading. We'll publish Part II next week. Also, sorry we haven't blogged ...
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