Use ADD Hyperfocus to Its Fullest Advantage

Determination and persistence are two qualities that all successful people have. But if you have ADD, these could be very difficult to maintain...

Who Is At Risk Of Anxiety & Panic Attacks?

Many people suffer from various degrees of anxiety and panic attacks. Is there any way to determine who is more likely to deal with these problems? Read on to find out.

Disability Help - How To Overcome Panic Attacks?

Panic attacks arise of anxiety disorder and can have a life-changing impact on a person. It not only leaves a person helplessly distressed but also makes one see oneself as a lesser individual. This plays havoc with one's confidence and self-image. It has also seen that the person who undergoes panic attacks frequently tends to stay alone and does not even try to mix up with others, which depresses the person further.

Top 5 Mental Disorders in Children

Mental disorders in children are often times not spoken of or given attention to. However, with the shifts that are taking place rapidly in every day life, it has caused several children to react to the changes by developing a mental disorder. Over twenty percent of children today are affected by a mental disorder. Following are the five most common disorders that may be found in children.

What Is Agoraphobia?

Agoraphobia, when literally translated, means fear of a marketplace. Agoraphobia, when it becomes more severe, will become fear of a public area or place.

What Is PDD Autism?

For a long time, many children with PDD (pervasive development disorders) went undiagnosed. These children were, for a time, labeled as shy, strange, or weird, when if fact they were suffering from a medical condition. PDD autism is something that has both new and old form, and some of the higher functioning children were the ones that were largely misunderstood. Thanks to new research and new information, some of these children can now go on to lead what would appear to be a 'normal' life.

What Is Psychological Stress?

Psychological stress is often harder to define than any other form of stress. It is closely linked to the thought processes within the person that is experiencing the stress and thus is likely to be subjective. This article discusses psychological stress and ways to treat it.

Neurotic Symptom Score (NSS) - A New Scoring System For Death Related Mental Health Research

It is a scoring system is constructed to measure the amount of neurotic symptoms present in relation to the impact of death. This scoring (measurement) is an ordinal approach. Symptoms described in the DSM-IV of the APA were taken in a list mainly from the sections that are related to adjustment problems, stress, and death. The total number of those symptoms present in one person is taken as the score for a mental health research on death.

Panic and Anxiety Attacks - The Downward Spiral

Usually after your first panic attack but certainly after subsequent attacks, you will become extremely anxious and apprehensive. Additionally, you may become restless, irritable, and preoccupied with the problem. Once you are persuaded by repeated medical reassurance that there is no danger to you, the panic may then become focused on the thought and fear of having another panic attack.

Anxiety Attack Symtoms

Anxiety is a natural part of our self protection mechanism. It is necessary to let us know when to be on guard or alert to a pending threat to our safety and well being.

The Caregiver Needs Caregiving - A Nurse's Cry

Miriam Susong, a Registered Nurse is currently living and working in Alton, Illinois. Ms. Susong writes her story of burnout. Miriam shares why it may happen, how to recognize it and what can be done about it. Miriam simply equates burnout with dread. When burnout occurs, you dread your job. Plain and simple.

Increase Your Brainpower - Two Basic Ways

Want to be the smartest person in the room? Here are two basic ways to increase your brainpower.

Anxiety Is Money

I have found some humor in the fact that anxiety is money. Here are a few tips you do not think of everyday to put some extra cash in your pocket .