Anxiety & Panic Disorders

Dr. Smith, a Lincoln, Neb., native, has been with Mayo Clinic since 1990 and works with neurologists, psychiatrists, internists, social workers and nurses involved in diagnosing and providing care for people with dementia and their families.

Marie Collins, right, who was assaulted as a 13-year-old by a hospital chaplain in her native Ireland, is flanked by British psychiatry professor Sheila Hollins, as she attends a press conference at a Vatican-backed symposium on clerical sex abuse, in Rome, Tuesday.

With no lab tests to guide the clinician, psychiatric diagnostics is challenging and controversial.

The Army has been investigating whether the cost of care and benefits is influencing the diagnosis of soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder at Madigan Army Medical Center, a newspaper reported Tuesday.

AnxietySocialNet is an anxiety social network much like Facebook. However, the difference lies in giving users the ability to share highly personal matters without exposing themselves to friends and family.

Some of us do it out of sheer vanity, others because we hate the way we look and want to try and change it.

I am hearing many pleas for help from families and friends of troops coming back from war.

Asperger's, Overdiagnosed, Ill Defined, May Not Be a Syndrome Much Longer : Psychiatrists working on the latest edition of their profession's diagnostic manual are thought to be tightening the definition of autism and dispensing with Asperger's completely.

As Penn prepares its annual budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the rise in demand for mental health services has raised questions about funding and staffing for Counseling and Psychological Services.

According to Audrey Halpern, MD, headache and migraine specialist and double-board certified neurologist, "While sex isn't a prescriptive approach for migraine and headache sufferers, a healthy sex life seems to dovetail with a healthier, more productive lifestyle that often includes regular exercise, a healthy diet and consistency in restorative ... (more)

She may have once been Hollywood's highest-paid actress, starring in movies like Ghost and Charlie's Angels , but these days, Demi Moore seems to be crumbling under pressure.

Most people are aware by now that the lack of physical activity that plagues the globe is directly related to the increase in obesity.

Preschool children whose moms are loving and nurturing have a larger hippocampus, an area of the brain involved in learning, memory and stress response, when they reach school age, a new study finds.

BACKGROUND: A third to half of Americans experience insomnia or complain about lack of sleep.

Mercer University School of Medicine is partnering with Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah and the Georgia Department of Behavior Health and Developmental Disabilities to develop a residency program aimed at bringing more psychiatrists to the area.

Antidepressants have become some of the most commonly prescribed medications in the US, especially SSRIs .

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Professor Gordon Parker is one of Australia's foremost clinical psychiatrists and has become widely known for his strong and provocative views on the way psychiatry is practised and taught.

A study of 103 outpatients with residual schizophrenia suggests that religion and spirituality might contribute to improved quality of life for individuals with this diagnosis.

Norman Rosenthal, M.D ., clinical professor of psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical School, Washington DC and colleagues will offer a free seminar about a natural method of healing, Transcendental Meditation that is widely acceptable, cost effective, and free of harmful side effects.