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Young adults 'anxiety overload'
(BBC 05/10/2009)
Young adults are suffering from "anxiety overload", a UK charity warns. A survey of 18-24 year olds found 66% feel stressed or anxious at least once a week, with money and job worries being the main cause. Almost a third of respondents said they did not tell anyone of their worries, raising the need to teach young people "coping strategies", said Rethink. The YouGov poll of 2,000 adults, 250 of whom were aged 18-24, found 33% of young women felt stressed or anxious most days or every day.
Why we are becoming worried sick
(The Independent 21/04/2009)
Anxiety was never a problem for me until about six years ago, when I realised my worrying was getting out of hand. Most people can dismiss random thoughts about crashing the car or their children having accidents, but I couldn't. Instead they spiralled off into ever-more catastrophic "what ifs?" and triggered an overwhelmingly physical panic - my heart would lurch and I couldn't sit still.
Sats distress
(BBC 19/01/2009)
What does a mother do when her previously happy and healthy 10-year-old suddenly starts refusing food so that his weight drops to three and a half stones? It was only when they were later referred to the Berkshire Child Anxiety Clinic (BCAC), based at the University of Reading, for an assessment, they realised their son was suffering from an anxiety disorder.
Virginia Ironside's Dilemmas: How can I reassure my son, 11, that the end of the world isn't coming?
(The Independent 29/09/2008)
Dear Virginia, How can I reassure my son, 11, that the end of the world isn't coming? I thought he'd calm down after the Large Hadron Collider started, but someone told him there's still a chance of the world ending in two months' time. He gets tearful, rings me from school, and is losing weight with worry. Should I take him to see a psychiatrist? Yours sincerely, Barbie
How not to worry: A guide to reducing everyday anxiety
(The Independent 16/09/2008)
House values are still dropping, unemployment is on the rise, our holi-days suddenly look vulnerable, and our credit has been well and truly crunched. These are anxious times and, as the reasons to worry multiply, there are signs that therapists could join insolvency lawyers, campsite owners and budget-supermarket bosses on the shortlist of winners in the economic downturn.
How the scent of lavender can ease those fears about going to the dentist
(Daily Mail 12/09/2008)
For generations, the scent of lavender has been used as a calming agent. Now it appears it even works on-the-spot ... to help patients scared of the dentist's drill.
'Scaredy-cat' gene makes some more prone to anxiety
(BBC 11/08/2008)
Variations in a gene may help explain why horror movies shock some people and entertain others, say scientists.
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Suffering stress? You may have been born anxious
(The Independent 15/07/2008)
Telling someone of a nervous disposition to calm down is a waste of time, according to scientists who have found that a nervous disposition may be something people are born with [based on research in monkeys].
Heart attacks? Cancer? No, the West's greatest health problem is anxiety
(The Independent 20/04/2008)
Patricia Pearson, author of A Brief History of Anxiety... Yours and Mine, worries a lot. "I fret about everything and nothing. After 9/11, a friend died and that combination had the effect of tur...
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