Anxiety Disorders: Developing Young
Amanda Rosati
As a teaching assistant in a preschool, I found this journal article particularly interesting and relevant to my own life.
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Easing A Friend's Anxiety: How You Can Help
Amanda Rosati
As a person who struggles with anxiety disorders myself, I liked reading through the list because it made me feel good to know that there are so many people making attempts to relieve their loved ones’ pain--and the list even gave me some great ideas for my own situation!
Read More"Whatever You're Scared of Out There..."
Amanda Rosati
Apparently House and his team are such skilled medical professionals that they succeed in convincing a person to spontaneously get rid of his mental health disorder without administering any real treatment for it.
Read MoreAnxiety Disorders and Anorexia Nervosa: Looking at Comorbidity
Amanda Rosati
But, as most science-related classes will teach us at one point or another, correlation does not equal causation, so an individual may have an anxiety disorder and never develop anorexia nervosa, or another individual will develop an anxiety disorder and soon after develop anorexia nervosa.
Read MoreModernizing Medicine through Internet-delivered Treatments
Amanda Rosati
One way of providing treatment to a wider range of those who need it is through the Internet using Internet-delivered CBT, or ICBT (Vigerland et al. 2013). This special kind of cognitive behavioral therapy has done well with adults who have anxiety disorders, and there are also studies that have demonstrated that this method can make for good results with children as well (Vigerland et al. 2013).
Read MoreStigma as a Risk Factor for Anxiety Disorders
Amanda Rosati
More research needs to be done to analyze the association between these factors, but the relationship found in this study suggests that experiencing stigma can put an individual at a higher risk of developing a mental health disorder, especially more vulnerable populations like those with intellectual disabilities (Ali et al., 2015).
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