Patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are likely to be affected by the COVID-19 crisis since fear of contamination is highly prevalent in this illness and disease reminders are omnipresent during this crisis. The current study aimed to investigate the impact of the pandemic and the ...
Anxiety disorders are about four times more prevalent in patients with migraine than in the general population. [1] In fact, more than half of people with migraine will meet the criteria for at least one anxiety disorder in their lifetime. [2] So what is the link? And does migraine cause...
As I grew older, my mental health issues began to manifest in other ways. Though not yet diagnosed, my bipolar disorder with co-morbid obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) took the form of existential OCD, which involves persistent, distressing mood swings characteristic of bipolar disor...
Seeing maggots in your home is upsetting and requires action. Here’s what maggots are, where they come from, and what to do when you have them.
The overall number of people with pica is not clear, but it is thought to be more prevalent in developing countries than in the United States.1 Pica in Autistic Children Several factors have been linked with pica in autistic kids. The reasons these kids often crave nonfoods may include the...
Is Anxiety a Disability? Unfortunately, normal anxiety is part of everyday life. It stems from a wide range of sources – stressful, though temporary, life situations, reactions to medication, depression, and more. But an anxiety disorder is something more prevalent in a patient’s life. Somet...
Note that this isnotan exhaustive list of the many variations of OCD, and is meant only to demonstrate some of the more prevalent variants of the condition. People with OCD can (and do) obsess about just about anything. That said, OCD obsessions are often about things that are highly impr...
Evidencealso shows that cognitive behavioral therapy can treat prevalent diseases like depression, mood disorders, and substance use disorders. Takeaway Combatinganxietycan be a challenge, but the good news is that you have steps you can take to work through it. CBT is a way to transform negative...
Having a knowledgeable person providing exceptional customer experience and the other end of that phone line or on the other end of that email is something that just wasn't prevalent in the automotive aftermarket at that time. So that's really all we did. ...
“We are hardwired to survive and to see the things that could potentially harm us,” Brigham further explains. “That’s in our DNA, and our ancestors needed this ability in order to literally survive. While our world is very different, we still have this drive to keep ourselves safe, ...