This Is Why There Are So Many Defibrillators in Casinos
If you're going to experience cardiac arrest, a casino is one of the safest places to be! This is how a lifetime of poor health can be deadly when faced with acute stress, whether it be a $5,000 win or $5,000 loss.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jordan Gaines Lewis Tags: Anxiety Health Sport and Competition Stress aed cardiac arrest casino defibrillator first aid gambling heart attack heart disease stroke Source Type: news

This Halloween, Banish The Boo For Anxious Children
This Halloween, banish the boo and conquer the (worry) monster! If your child is anxious about this spooky holiday, follow my simple rules to make Halloween full of treats and not tricks.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 29, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Dan Peters, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Source Type: news

Humpty Dumpty Takes a Biopsy
Doctors need to be careful to know what the words they use every day mean to the patients they are talking to. Even simple-sounding words like "biopsy" can produce significant misunderstandings between patient and doctor.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alan S. Rockoff, M.D., F.A.A.D. Tags: Anxiety Health biopsy cancer communication misunderstandings words Worry Source Type: news

Listening To Your Body
Listen to your body. It may be telling you that you are under too much stress.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Amy Przeworski, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Health Sleep Stress anxiety disorder frequent headaches migraines mind-body mindfulness relaxation sweat Source Type: news

Stay Here Where Life Can't Kill You
Revisiting a place beloved in childhood then nearly forgotten, I start to believe that I left some unseen part of myself there that has been awaiting my return.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anneli Rufus Tags: Anxiety Personality Spirituality incense cedar John Muir Lodge Kings Canyon Memory sequoia state of grace sugar pine Source Type: news

Which Is Worse: Ebola or Fear-bola?
The hype surrounding Ebola has given way to a new epidemic: Fear-bola. Most people are more at risk of these Fear-bola anxieties and irrational fears than of Ebola itself. read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gregory L. Jantz, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Environment Health Media a place of hope airborne illness Dr. Gregory Jantz Dr. Jantz ebola ebola anxiety ebola hype ebola hysteria ebola in the united states epidemic fear of ebola fear-bola fearbola hypocondrias Source Type: news

When the Doctor Is Sick
The U.S. doctor who developed Ebola after returning from Guinea has been second-guessed and shunned--including by this author. Why?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 28, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Anne Skomorowsky, M.D. Tags: Anxiety Child Development Health Psychiatry Source Type: news

6 Simple Public Speaking Tips That Saved My Life
Writing books forced me into a public speaking career that I never would have signed up for. These 6 tips saved my life.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 27, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Harriet Lerner, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Creativity Happiness Source Type: news

Ebola and Medicine
Public Health: Proactive vs. Reactive Approaches read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Leon Pomeroy, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Health Integrative Medicine Social Life 21 days africa anarchism Bioterrorism bureaucracies CDC contagion continuum detection Dr. Craig Spencer ebola Emory incubation periods infection isolation mean misstep Source Type: news

Stress Is Addictive, Controllable, and Under-Appreciated
To alleviate stress, we must change the situation or change our response. But even change for the better is stressful.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Rita Watson, MPH Tags: Anxiety Relationships Stress Source Type: news

Combatting Procrastination Hotspots
Do you work easily and smoothly as you prepare for holidays and other joyful events? If not, read this.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bill Knaus, Ed.D. Tags: Anxiety Procrastination Self-Help Stress anti-procrastination visualizing technique antidotes contradictions easy living eleventh hour rush eliminating negatives falling behind the curve false optimism forgetting birthdays holida Source Type: news

Think Negative! 7 Ways It Can Help You
In the workplace, in your relationships, and in everyday life, there are ways in which negative thoughts and bad feelings can actually be good for you. Here are 7 research-based examples. read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Depression Happiness Resilience deception defensive pessimism dreaming fantasizing love motivation Negative Thinking optimism phoniness positive thinking productivity reassurance romantic partners sadness truth Source Type: news

So, What is Faith Anyway?
Faith is leaping even when no net is visible. In the leaping, the Invisible is made visible.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: David B. Seaburn, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. Tags: Anxiety Personality Resilience Spirituality atheism belief Charlie No Face Chimney Bluffs Crispin Sartwell curiosity Darkness is as Light David B. Seaburn faith humanism leap of faith paul tillich Pumpkin Hill religion Source Type: news

5 Tips To Get the Best Night’s Sleep
Why can’t you sleep at night? You might be making one of these mistakes. read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Erin Olivo, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Happiness Health Sleep sleeping tips Source Type: news

The Top Ten Things That Make Horror Movies Scary
Horror movies play to our greatest fears and phobias. Which elements of horror movies scare us and why? read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 21, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Social Life Stress Fears Haloween horror movies Phobias scary snakes spiders terror Source Type: news