Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Defined
From the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, involves anxious thoughts or rituals you feel you can’t control. If you have OCD, you may be plagued by persistent, unwelcome thoughts or images, or by the urgent need to engage in certain rituals. You may be obsessed with germs or dirt, so [...]
School Refusal
Most kids like to go to school; if nothing else, they enjoy seeing their friends. Some kids get themselves so worked up at the thought of going to school they manifest symptoms of anxiety. A few children may simply be manipulative; others may be fearful of a specific situation (they hate their Math teacher or [...]
Don’t Worry…
…Be Happy The other day I wrote about Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). GAD is when worry occurs more or less constantly to the point where it interferes with ones ability to function. Two of the primary symptoms are worrying a lot about everyday things even if there is little or no reason to worry about [...]
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
“Do you feel better now?”, my wife asked. “I could tell you were worried”. No. Not really; not much better. I woke up Saturday morning to find the middle finger of my right hand swollen to about three times it’s normal size. It looked as if I had made a rude gesture to the wrong [...]
