Posts Tagged ‘anxiety’
Marriage: a guarantee of sanity?
Marriage reduces the risk of depression, anxiety and mood disorders, according to a study conducted by the World Health for 10 years. Conversely, the end of a marriage presents risks for mental health.
The World Health Organization (WHO) regularly conducts surveys in several countries on mental health. The clinical psychologist Kate Scott of the New Zealand University of Otago, analyzed data from these surveys of 34 493 people living in over 15 countries, focusing on the consequences of marriage.
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Tags: anxiety, depression, marriage, men, mood disorder, sanity, women | 
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Phobias
Phobias are a form of pathological anxiety. A phobia is an abnormal fear of an object or situation. Agoraphobia, for example, is the fear of being in public places, surrounded by the crowd and unable to escape easily if one is panicking.
There are many phobias, phobias of animals (mice, dogs, snakes, spiders …), phobias situations (fear of enclosed spaces such as elevators, tunnels, fear of heights, water from the plane …), social phobia (fear of public speaking, agoraphobia, fear of blushing …), etc..
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Tags: anxiety, anxiolytics, depression, fear, panic, pathological, phobia, social phobia, treatment |
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