Psychological therapies versus pharmacological interventions for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in adults
Panic disorder is common and deleterious to mental well-being. Psychological therapies and pharmacological interventions are both used as treatments for panic disorder with and without agoraphobia. However, there are no up-to-date reviews on the comparative efficacy and acceptability of the two treatment modalities, and such a review is necessary for improved treatment planning for this disorder.
To assess the efficacy and acceptability of psychological therapies versus pharmacological interventions for panic disorder, with or without agoraphobia, in adults. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - November 21, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Jodie Palmer who was scared of going outside leaves house for first time in 5 YEARS after hypnotherapy
Jodie Palmer, 23, from Wolverhampton, has suffered from agoraphobia since she was just three years old. It worsened five years ago when her mother died and left her completely house-bound. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
5 Phobias You May Not Realize You Experience
By: Cassie Shortsleeve
Discover the difference between an everyday fear and paralyzing phobia by cross-checking your worries against these five surprising disorders. They're more common than you think.
Fear is a normal, biological response to everyday issues that spark anxiety, such as asking for a raise, confronting a loved one, and crossing the street to avoid a creepy stranger. This kind of stress can actually be useful, making you more alert and attentive until you feel safe and calm. Most of us learn early on how to function through fear and are not held back by it. But for some, certain fears can be more overwhelmi...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Centaurs, Not Snake Oil
TheTechtour Healthtech Summit hosted by the International Venture Club in Lausanne is a dating event for European seed, start-up and growth companies looking for investment and for Venture capital and some Pharma/Medtech companies looking to invest. Doug Haggstrom went along to take the pulse of European digital health companies. These companies aren ’t specifically focused on Pharma as partners but it is worth paying attention to how digital health products and services are developing. Pharma developed tools and services will, after all, be compared to these companies in the marketplace and the discipline of proving sta...
Source: EyeForPharma - August 2, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Tina Boggiano Douglas Haggstrom Source Type: news
10 Things You May Not Know About Anxiety Disorder
Anxiety disorders like social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, agoraphobia, panic disorder and general anxiety are the most common forms of mental illness in the U.S. An estimated 18 percent of all American adults have an anxiety disorder, costing more than $42 billion a year.
America is unique in this regard, according to the largest ever global analysis. Some regions of the world, including the U.S. but also Western Europe, have higher rates of anxiety disorders in general. What's more, some groups within the U.S. have a higher risk of anxiety disorder diagnosis than others.
Olivia Remes, lead autho...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 6, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
8 Surprising Reasons People Are Taking Antidepressants
There's been a lot of concern over the "skyrocketing" use of antidepressants over the last 20 years. Many experts believe that these rising numbers indicate either higher depression rates or an over-diagnosis of mental illness.
But there is at least one more factor, courtesy of a new study published in the journal JAMA: An increasing number of people are taking antidepressant medications for completely separate conditions, according to an analysis of nine years of prescription data in Quebec, Canada.
Only about 55 percent of antidepressant prescriptions were written to alleviate depression symptoms, while the res...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 27, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
8 Surprising Reasons People Are Taking Antidepressants
There's been a lot of concern over the "skyrocketing" use of antidepressants over the last 20 years. Many experts believe that these rising numbers indicate either higher depression rates or an over-diagnosis of mental illness.
But there is at least one more factor, courtesy of a new study published in the journal JAMA: An increasing number of people are taking antidepressant medications for completely separate conditions, according to an analysis of nine years of prescription data in Quebec, Canada.
Only about 55 percent of antidepressant prescriptions were written to alleviate depression symptoms, while the res...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - May 27, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Severe agoraphobia sufferer Leah Dearing claims she was cured by ONE hour of hypnotherapy
Leah Dearing, 20, from Kent, says just an hour long session with a hypnotherapist allowed her to walk around a shopping centre. She can now take daughter Eliana, 11 months, to the park. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Psychological therapies for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia in adults: a network meta-analysis
Panic disorder is characterised by the presence of recurrent unexpected panic attacks, discrete periods of fear or anxiety that have a rapid onset and include symptoms such as racing heart, chest pain, sweating and shaking. Panic disorder is common in the general population, with a lifetime prevalence of 1% to 4%. A previous Cochrane meta-analysis suggested that psychological therapy (either alone or combined with pharmacotherapy) can be chosen as a first-line treatment for panic disorder with or without agoraphobia. However, it is not yet clear whether certain psychological therapies can be considered superior to others. ...
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - May 12, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Diagnosing Agoraphobia
(Source: About.com Generalized Anxiety)
Source: About.com Generalized Anxiety - March 4, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Tags: health Source Type: news
20 Tips to Recover from Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is a stressful phobic disorder that can take years to overcome. There are varying degrees of the illness. Some agoraphobics are so severe, they can’t leave their beds, while others only have a few days here and there where leaving the house seems too daunting a task.
Agoraphobics can be scared of traveling or being in open spaces. They can be scared of going out alone or of being made fun of. They may fear failure and embarrassment in the outside world, including the workforce. They can have strained relationships with loved ones and struggle to form new relationships. They can have monetary problems, as m...
Source: Psych Central - February 26, 2016 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Rachelle Graham Tags: Agoraphobia Anti-anxiety Disorders General Happiness Medications Motivation and Inspiration Personal Stories Phobias Psychology Self-Esteem Self-Help Treatment Avoidance Delusions Fear making friends Panic Attack recove Source Type: news
Meet the two Elaines speaking up for libraries
“I can remember getting my first – what I thought of as ‘grown up’ book – out of the library. It was John Steinbeck, The Grapes Of Wrath and I walked down the street being proud of having such a big book.”
Elaine Brooks has worked in libraries all her life, and so has her friend and fellow UNISON member Elaine Cotterell. Today – like the Joad family in the The Grapes Of Wrath – they’ve made a journey for the sake of improvement.
The Elaines have travelled from Lancashire to London to speak up for local libraries. There are currently 74 libraries in Lancashire County, but by the end of the year there w...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 9, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: Rosa Ellis Tags: Magazine Save Our Local Services Source Type: news
Living with Panic Attacks
You’re sitting in your car trying to will yourself to walk into the grocery store. Anxiety washes over you. You’re cold and hot at the same time with sweat trickling down your back, hair standing on your arms. You finally get out of your car. But as you enter the store, you feel wobbly and like you’re going to pass out. The fluorescent lighting seems especially stifling. The wide aisles, oddly enough, feel claustrophobic. Your breath feels finite, like a balloon floating up to the sky, which you can’t catch. In fact, at times you feel like you’re floating along with the balloon. At times you feel like Edvard Munc...
Source: Psych Central - September 3, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. Tags: Anxiety Cognitive-Behavioral Disorders General Psychotherapy Relaxation and Meditation Self-Esteem Self-Help Stress Academy of Cognitive Therapy Agoraphobia Antidepressant Anxiety Disorder Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Source Type: news
The Mile Long Bookshelf's Amber Kirk-Ford starts crowdfunding campaign to fund A levels
Agoraphobic book blogger Amber Kirk-Ford, 16, from Norfolk, has already received over £3,000 needed to meet her target of £4,500 to pay for tuition, examination and book fees at InterHigh. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Scared Sick: Living With Emetophobia
I'm approaching the age of 30. I have a fiancé, a dog, a growing career, a passport full of stamps and a healthy social life. Oh, and I have emetophobia.
My emetophobia, which is a fear of vomit, often feels like it controls my life.
Phobias affect 8.7 percent of people in America, and here in Australia, figures are similar. I'm one of the ones who drew the short straw. My fiancé and best friends fall in the lucky group -- they are part of the majority who don't suffer with a debilitating disorder. They are sympathetic to my irrational fears, but they can't empathize because try as they might, they don't understand...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - August 18, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
