The “OCD cycle” is a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors common among people with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). It begins with an intrusive and distressing thought, image, or urge, often related to a particular fear or worry. This thought triggers intense anxiety, fear, or...
Illness Anxiety Disorder, also called Health Anxiety, is a form of OCD that can cause fear of illness and repeated checking for physical symptoms, multiple trips to the doctor, obsessions about getting sick, anxiety, and depression. Take a self-test, fin
I don’t know about everyone else, but personally, I can do without the sex, nudity, and horrendous language some television shows think that viewers (particularly Americans) want to see. No thank you; I actually find that stuff rather cringe, as does my husband. I especially have a probl...
For health insurance to cover psychotherapy, there typically must be a diagnosis of a mental health condition such as generalized anxiety disorder or major depression. Yet, often, what leads people to therapy is not mental illness but the challenges of life. Challenges such as g...
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mentally ill are used for political agendas, and then they are discarded until the next election cycle. Others do not believe that mental illness exists. Still others trivialize mental illness by spreading clinical terms in the vernacular so that they can be “OCD” because they like to be ...
attachment anxiety and avoi... G Rodin,A Walsh,C Zimmermann,... - 《Psycho‐oncology》 被引量: 211发表: 2010年 Pain catastrophizing and social support in married individuals with chronic pain: the moderating role of pain duration In the current study, 96 married chronic pain patients were ...
Maternal (vs. paternal) SMI was associated with higher IRRs. IRRs declined slightly with child age. Conclusion Children exposed to parental SMI are at increased risk of mental and pediatric disorders during early childhood, particularly anxiety/OCD and attachment disorders. If associations are ...
Illness anxiety disorder, mental disorder characterized by an excessive preoccupation with illness and a tendency to fear or believe that one has a serious disease on the basis of the presence of insignificant physical signs or symptoms. Illness anxiety
Over a decade into this parenting thing, I will say that, for the most part, my fears were for naught. My children do share some of my tendencies toward anxiety, but it turns out that your offspring truly are their own people. And while genetics and learned behavior play a part in how...