Anxiety and Agoraphobia Treatment Center in Philadelphia. The Center has been recognized by a national panel of experts as having developed one of the most effective psychological treatments in the past 15 years. She is the co-author ofLoving Someone with OCD: Help For You and Your Family...
Abnormality of the serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine – 5-HT) system and particularly hypersensitivity of postsynaptic 5-HT receptors remained the leading hypothesis for the underlying pathophysiology of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) during the 1980s. A number of lines of evidence supported this ...
Treating ADHD and anxiety, depression, ODD, OCD, autism, or another comorbid condition requires understanding and care regarding side effects and contraindications.
Cognitive-Behavioral Treatment for Anxiety Disorders in Adults, Teens, Children and Families Disorders and Problems Treated Include: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Social Anxiety Specific Phobias Panic Disorder Agoraphobia School Anxiety Separation Anxiety Trichotillo...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) –reliving a distressing event and experiencing the same symptoms that were present in the original traumatic event Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) –intrusive thoughts that lead to repetitive behaviours, which temporarily relieve the anxiety. Although each of th...
Helping Teens with Anxiety Everyone feels anxious from time to time; a feeling of worry, uneasiness, and fear of what may happen in the near future. Depending on the situation or possible threat, these feelings of anxiety could be mild or intense. ...
Obsessive-Compulsive disorder is an anxiety disorder with potentially disabling ramifications. The individual afflicted with OCD becomes trapped in a pattern of repetitive thoughts and behaviors which are very difficult to overcome. A person's severity of OCD can vary, but if left untreated, the diso...
There are several types of treatment for OCD, including therapy, OCD medication, or a combination of the two as OCD is a hard anxiety disorder and most of the time it needs much higher doses or at times a combination of medications for OCD to clear up all the symptoms. OCD can often ...
CBT Based Anxiety Treatment for Children, Teens and Adults Light On Anxiety’s therapists specialize in providing action oriented, effective, empirically-supported Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) based treatment for anxiety, OCD, and related disorders. By targeting ineffective thinking and behavioral pa...
Systematic review of the link between maternal anxiety and overprotection Journal of Affective Disorders, 295 (2021), pp. 541-551 View in ScopusGoogle Scholar Kagan et al., 2017 E.R. Kagan, H.E. Frank, P.C. Kendall Accommodation in youth with OCD and anxiety Clinical Psychology: Science ...