Archive for April, 2009
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MEDITATION FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS TREATMENT: BREATHING TECHNIQUES
The breathing techniques I will discuss are based on the Buddhist mindfulness meditation, which focuses, not on a word or mantra, but on the breath. This can be frightening for some people because of their inability to take a deep breath. While this technique does not involve deep breathing, it may be more advisable for [...]
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ANXIETY DISORDERS: DISSOCIATION IS AN EFFECT OF A PANIC ATTACK
It has been assumed that dissociation is an effect of a panic attack and some people use these states as a form of ‘escape’ from the anxiety or the attack. While I have seen this in some cases, other people are aware it is the dissociation which triggers the panic (ArthurJones 1994). People who do [...]
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THERAPIES FOR ANXIETY DISORDERS: JACKIE’S CASE
Jackie and her husband had spent the evening talking about their son, who was experiencing ongoing panic attacks and was now too frightened to go to school. The school had threatened them with legal action if he did not return to school the following week. The parents were given two options on how to get [...]
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ANXIETY DISORDERS/SECONDARY CONDITIONS: MICHAEL’S CASE
Michael had been on stress leave for eight weeks and was due to return to work. He had spoken to his rehabilitation counsellor because his condition, far from easing, was becoming worse. Since being on leave his panic attacks had increased and his anxiety level was very high. Every time he left the familiar surroundings [...]
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FOOD ALLERGY OR INTOLERANCE: TREATMENT OF MENTAL PROBLEMS
Hypnotherapy is also useful, except with those susceptible to depression, since this can be brought on or made much worse by hypnosis. A professional hypnotherapist should assess each potential patient carefully and advise against treatment where necessary. For those who cannot afford this sort of treatment, but have plenty of time to spare, co-counselling may [...]
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URINE, CHANGE IN STREAM OF
Description and Possible Medical Problems One of the advantages men have over women when it comes to biology is the ability to urinate easily in inconvenient venues. Of course, there are some women who would disagree with me, who think this ability spoils men because there’s no need for them to learn how to “hold [...]
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BODY SIGNAL ALERT VOMITING: DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
In this chapter, there are a lot of symptoms and illnesses that are not suited to polite conversation. Vomiting is one of them. But the fact is that you need to evaluate the symptoms that accompany vomiting in order to know if you should contact your doctor or just rest until you start to feel [...]
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A SPECIAL WORD ABOUT BREAST CANCER
Another way in which aging influences the breasts is that a woman’s odds of getting breast cancer increase once she turns 40. In fact, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women aged 40 to 55. One in eight women—or roughly 12%—of the female population in this age group will develop breast [...]
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PAIN IN BACK WITH INSOMNIA: DESCRIPTION AND POSSIBLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS
Even a mild form of back pain can interfere with most of your daily activities, including your ability to sleep. When the back pain doesn’t go away despite rest and treatment, you may find that it’s difficult to sleep through the night. This can quickly turn into a Catch-22 situation, because the accompanying lack of [...]
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NECK, PULSATION ON THE SIDE OF
Description and Possible Medical Problems For people who are tuned in to every minute change in their bodies, anything that even remotely appears to involve either their heart or their circulatory system immediately sends up red flags. One of these changes may be that the artery in the side of your neck is pulsating more [...]