Is this inhaler the answer to anxiety attacks? 
The device, which looks like an inhaler, is being tested in two clinical trials in the U.S. with patients who suffer from panic attacks. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 29, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Five-year-olds 'having panic attacks about meeting friends for playdates after repeated lockdowns'
Some 1.5million children will need mental health treatment in the wake of the pandemic, as health bosses warn of an explosion of 'locked-in trauma' among youngsters. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 22, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Study shows brain differences in interpreting physical signals in mental health disorders
(University of Cambridge) Researchers have shown why people with mental health disorders, including anorexia and panic disorders, experience physical signals differently. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - June 22, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Panic attacks highlight stress at shelters for migrant kids
The conditions were described by a federal volunteer who spent two weeks there. (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - June 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Prince Harry opens up about panic attacks, drinking and drugs after Diana's death
Prince Harry opened up to Oprah their new Apple TV+ show about how the death of his mother Princess Diana sent him down a dark path of... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 21, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Early trauma is associated with suicidal ideation in patients with panic disorder - Kim HJ, Kim JE, Lee SH.
This study aimed to examine whether early trauma is associated wi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - May 19, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news

Elon Musk's girlfriend Grimes was hospitalized for panic attack after pair made 'SNL' debut
Elon Musk's girlfriend Grimes revealed that days after making her "Saturday Night Live" debut, she had a panic attack and was hospitalized. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Grimes Was Hospitalized For A Panic Attack Two Days After Elon Musk's "SNL" Episode
"I suppose it’s a good time to start therapy." (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Grimes Hospitalized for Suffering Panic Attack Days After SNL Cameo
Grimes revealed she was hospitalized on May 10 following a panic attack, which happened days after she appeared on Saturday Night Live... (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 12, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

‘ If you ’re struggling, you’re not alone ’
We are all living through an overwhelmingly challenging time at the moment. One that’s affecting all of us in many different ways. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown our daily lives upside down and, whether on the frontline or not, UNISON members have been coping with huge amounts of stress over the past year and a half. A recent UNISON survey found that 48% of members working in health sectors are struggling to cope. Fear, worry and stress are all survival responses to situations of threat and uncertainty – so it’s understandable that so many people are having a difficult time. UNISON is always here to help its membe...
Source: UNISON meat hygiene - May 10, 2021 Category: Food Science Authors: Janey Starling Tags: Article learning mental health there for you welfare Source Type: news

‘Needle Phobia’ May Be Keeping Some From Getting Their COVID-19 Vaccine. Here’s How to Cope
Alex Denley, a 23-year-old philosophy doctoral student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, doesn’t seem like someone who would be vaccine hesitant. They’re determined to stop COVID-19 from spreading, and haven’t fallen for any vaccine conspiracy theories. However, getting the coronavirus shot was tremendously stressful for Denley. They feared it could trigger a terrible panic attack, leaving them crumpled on the floor, sobbing and shaking in front of a crowd of onlookers. They were also worried about health care providers dismissing their fears. “I don’t want to be treated like a child b...
Source: TIME: Health - May 7, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Tara Law Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

Pandemic periods: why women's menstrual cycles have gone haywire
A majority of menstruating women have experienced changes to their cycle over the last year, surveys suggest. One of the main culprits? Persistent stressWe will not look back on the past year as a vintage one for the human body. Since March 2020, many of us have experiencedphysical manifestations of stress that correspond to living through a global pandemic. Fromlow energy and headaches tochanges in mood anddisrupted sleep, our rhythms are deeply upset. And many women have experienced changes to a fundamental rhythm: the menstrual cycle.Rachel Burns has always experienced premenstrual syndrome (PMS), but it has been even m...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 25, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Eleanor Morgan Tags: Menstruation Society Psychology Science Women Life and style Source Type: news

What Are Generalized Anxiety Disorder Treatment Components?
Discussion Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is “…excessive anxiety and worry about a number of events and activities coupled with at least one physical symptom, which may include fatigue, poor concentration, restlessness, irritability, muscle tension, and sleep difficulties.” Other ways it presents to the primary care office may be abdominal pain, headache or heart palpitations, dizziness, syncope, numbness, trembling, paresthesia, memory loss, or urinary frequency. It has an estimated prevalence of 15% and is the second most common anxiety disorder in children after social anxiety disorder. GAD can com...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - March 15, 2021 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Why Video Calls Leave Us Lonelier and More Stressed
A version of this article appeared in this week’s It’s Not Just You newsletter. SUBSCRIBE HERE to have an essay delivered to your inbox every Sunday. My friend Haley called me the other day. She hadn’t texted me in advance to “find a time” to chat. Nor did we have a Zoom date “on the calendar.” She just up and called me unannounced. It was thrilling, this unscheduled, spontaneous conversation without a purpose or the weight of a formal catch-up. This felt like wheeling over to someone in the office to hear a joke. I was reminded of that larger orbit of friendships outside the...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Susanna Schrobsdorff Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen It's Not Just You Source Type: news

Why Phone Calls Beat Video Chats
A version of this article appeared in this week’s It’s Not Just You newsletter. SUBSCRIBE HERE to have an essay delivered to your inbox every Sunday. My friend Haley called me the other day. She hadn’t texted me in advance to “find a time” to chat. Nor did we have a Zoom date “on the calendar.” She just up and called me unannounced. It was thrilling, this unscheduled, spontaneous conversation without a purpose or the weight of a formal catch-up. This felt like wheeling over to someone in the office to hear a joke. I was reminded of that larger orbit of friendships outside the...
Source: TIME: Health - March 14, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Susanna Schrobsdorff Tags: Uncategorized Evergreen It's Not Just You Source Type: news