4 Ways to Start Your Work Week at the Top of Your Game
Going back to work can stir up any number of feelings. So how do you cope with being excited, nervous, pleased, worried, fearful, stressed, or any combination emotions? How can you make the transition in the most positive way possible?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 19, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: F. Diane Barth, L.C.S.W. Tags: Anxiety Happiness back to work fomo many selves Sunday night blues transition weekend anxiety Source Type: news

When Should Kids Start Dating?
When To Let Your Kids Start Datingread more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 18, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Barbara Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Relationships adolescence college contraception dating depression divorce driving Facebook high school Instagram marital issues marriage mommybloggers sex sexuality teens texting tweens Source Type: news

How to Get the Respect You Secretly Crave
People often crave and desire respect and love from others, yet often go about getting it in destructive ways. Motivated by fear and stress, they perpetuate the very behaviors that reinforce their misery. Uncover the process of healing and inner power that brings you healthy love and respect.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Kimberly Key Tags: Anxiety Relationships Resilience Stress conflict ego Freud healthy ego how to earn respect how to get love how to heal id love and ego health superego unfinished business weak ego why people don ' t respect others Source Type: news

"I Don't Believe in Ghosts, But..."
Many people who relate paranormal experiences are usually quick to assure their audience that they're rational, levelheaded individuals who wouldn't usually tell – or believe – such tales.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Katherine Ramsland, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Media Social Life Spirituality ghosts hauntings paranormal experiences supernatural Source Type: news

Here's How to Stop Catastrophizing About Ebola!
The widespread panic about an ebola epidemic in the U.S. is a perfect example of what psychologists call “catastrophizing.” To catastrophize means to overestimate the probability of a negative event occurring. You may also see the event as uncontrollable and all-powerful and you may underestimate your resources to cope or your ability to obtain assistance from others. read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melanie Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Health Self-Help Stress CBT ebola Worry Source Type: news

The Psychology of Ebola Fear
What do we know about the psychological factors that are likely to determine how fearful or worried you become about the current Ebola outbreak?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 17, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Graham C.L. Davey, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Health Psychiatry Source Type: news

Do This One Thing and Stop Procrastinating
If procrastination negatively affects your performances, are you doomed to stay stuck in this rut? Not if you don’t want to stay stuck!read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Bill Knaus, Ed.D. Tags: Anxiety Procrastination Self-Help Stress all work and no play makes jack a dull boy cost benefits analysis deadlines discomfort diversions emotional choices hell to pay immediate successes inconvenience indefinite time keep nos Source Type: news

Is Fear of Flying Really Irrational?
It is often said that fear of flying is irrational. This implies that a person who thinks rationally would not fear flying. Yet, is it rational to have no fear of something truly awful, even though the chance of it happening is extremely low?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Captain Tom Bunn, L.C.S.W. Tags: Anxiety Resilience Self-Help Stress airline ebola fear flying panic phobia Source Type: news

How Does the Anxious Mind Work?
Anxiety is a disorder of choice. Similar to alcohol, fear and anxiety impairs judgment. read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Shahram Heshmat, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Behavioral Economics Source Type: news

No Place to Be a Child
Exposed to violent and traumatic situations that threaten their sense of stability and well-being, children of war have few places to simply be children.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 16, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert T. Muller, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Child Development Environment Stress africa coping resilience Traum treatment War-Affected Children Source Type: news

Social Anxiety: What Will People Think?
People with social anxiety live in constant fear of being evaluated negatively. How do anxious people use worry as "preparation" for social interaction, how do they misperceive threat, and how do they ruminate later about how badly they have done?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Robert L. Leahy, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Health leahy social Worry Source Type: news

Find Relief From the Stress of Life's Daily Hassles
Daily hassles are the small, day to day irritations, repeated many times, that drive us all crazy. Research shows they can be as toxic to our long-term health. Learn why this is so and what to do to protect yourself from a buildup of toxic daily stress.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Melanie Greenberg, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Health Resilience Stress healthy living mindfulness stress relief Source Type: news

Reducing Anxiety
What's the standard of care for treating anxiety today? What's on the horizon?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Anxiety Neuroscience Psychiatry Stress generalized anxiety panic attacks Phobias PTSD social anxiety Source Type: news

Grandparents in Need of Help: Addiction and the Elderly
Due to the large population size and high substance use rate of the baby-boom cohort, the number of adults aged 50 or older with substance use disorder is projected to double from 2.8 million (annual average) in 2002–06 to 5.7 million in 2020. Increases are projected for all examined gender, race/ethnicity and age groups.read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Constance Scharff, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Aging Anxiety Depression elderly Source Type: news

Don't Step On a Crack
Ever wonder why some folks (you?) are compelled to act in odd ways?read more (Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center)
Source: Psychology Today Anxiety Center - October 15, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Teri Woods, Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Anxiety Personality Stress compulsions ocd urges Source Type: news