Panic attacks can cause a great deal of distress during withdrawal. The sufferer is suddenly overwhelmed by fear for no apparent reason, and often feels that death is not far away. Some people feel unable to move or speak, while others shout out for help. Although the ...

If your own preventive efforts are ineffective, and you develop PTSD, the good news is that the symptoms will respond to a variety of different psycho therapeutic techniques or medications, or to both together in combination. The choice of stress disorder treatment will depend on your preferences, ...

Medication and psychotherapy are both very effective treatments for Obsession. It is of special interest that the medications Luvox, Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Anafranil that are most effective for OCD all have strong effects on the seretonin neurotransmitter system in the brain. In all of psychiatry, Obsession Compulsive ...

Cognitive psychotherapy focuses on reducing the tendency toward catastrophization that underlies much of the worrying in Generalized Anxiety Disorder. You are taught to identify the exaggerations and distortions that feed your worries and to substitute more rational and realistic alternatives. The first step is to identify your ...

Short term cognitive behavioral psychotherapy is the clear winner her. The most effective technique is to cure phobias is  exposure therapy. This simple and straight forward approach capitalizes on the fact that we quickly get used to things, however unpleasant. Pool water that feels "freezing" when we ...

Most of us have at least one situations we fear more than makes sense. A clinical diagnosis of one of Phobic Disorders is appropriate only if the avoidance exerts a significant negative impact on your life. Suppose you have an irrational fear of flying but don't have to ...

Specific Phobias are uniquitous, but usually not bothersome, because most people can conveniently avoid encounters with whatever is the feared object or situation. If you fear heights, you don't become a window washer working on a skyscraper. People with a fear to snakes avoid hiking on mountains trails. ...