Anti-Anxiety Drugs Double Your Risk of Death ?
17/5/2014 A large study (which can be found online in the British Medical Journal http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g1996 ) by researchers at the University of Warwick, England, has found that...
View ArticleTIPS FOR COPING WITH ANXIETY FOR CHILDREN
21/05/2014 Primary school children may worry about their parents getting divorced, be afraid of dogs or the dark. Therefore some children need to learn how to cope with anxiety. ‘Go Away Mr...
View ArticleFEAR OF VOMITING TREATMENT IS SUCCESSFUL FOR 85% OF PEOPLE WITH EMETOPHOBIA
Monday 26/5/2014 Whilst reading the Sunday papers, and indulging in a delicious raspberry muffin yesterday, I came across an article in Herald Sun’s, Body & Soul supplement May 25 2014 about fear...
View ArticleBEV AISBETT IS GIVING A FREE TALK ON HER EXPERIENCE OF DEPRESSION & ANXIETY
11/6/2014 Bev Aisbett is a well known Australian author, illustrator and artist who has suffered from depression and anxiety. Bev wrote her autobiography, ‘All of It’ as well as a number of self help...
View ArticleExtroverts won’t go to Mars? Introversion Versus Extroversion
23/6/2014 Today I was bit surprised, but delighted to get a call from ABC 702 radio‘s The Drive Show program hosted by Richard Glover. I was invited to participate in an on air discussion about...
View ArticleMEGAN WASHINGTON, ARIA AWARD WINNING SINGER, HATES PUBLIC SPEAKING
8/7/2014 I don’t get to watch much TV so I missed seeing Megan Washington on ABC’s Australian Story program this week. She was talking about how she had a stutter from the age of 5 . Megan did a TED...
View ArticleTEENAGERS EXPERIENCING MORE ANXIETY & DEPRESSION
13/07/2014 Anxiety and depression in teens on the increase? According to an article by Amy Corderoy, in The Age newspaper Saturday July 12, 201, a review of 19 studies in 12 countries has found that...
View ArticleCOMFORTABLY SHY by JO STANLEY in THE SUNDAY AGE
27/07/2014 This cold Sunday morning I grabbed the paper for a quick read and found that Jo Stanley had written an article “Comfortably Shy’. Jo is the co-host of Weekend Breakfast on the Today...
View ArticleROBIN WILLIAMS COMMITS SUICIDE DUE TO DEPRESSION
13/08/2014 Like millions of other people, I was saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams. As a child I watched many episodes of Mork & Mindy and I even recall his first appearance as Mork...
View ArticleBODY DYSMORPHIC DISORDER, ALL IN THE MIND?
‘Ugliness: it’s all in the mind’ was a news heading that caught my eye this morning in ‘The Sunday Age’. Apparently, researchers at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology have found that a...
View ArticleExtroverts won’t go to Mars? Introversion Versus Extroversion
23/6/2014 Today I was bit surprised, but delighted to get a call from ABC 702 radio‘s The Drive Show program hosted by Richard Glover. I was invited to participate in an on air discussion about...
View ArticleMEGAN WASHINGTON, ARIA AWARD WINNING SINGER, HATES PUBLIC SPEAKING
8/7/2014 I don’t get to watch much TV so I missed seeing Megan Washington on ABC’s Australian Story program this week. She was talking about how she had a stutter from the age of 5 . Megan did a TED...
View ArticleTEENAGERS EXPERIENCING MORE ANXIETY & DEPRESSION
13/07/2014 Anxiety and depression in teens on the increase? According to an article by Amy Corderoy, in The Age newspaper Saturday July 12, 201, a review of 19 studies in 12 countries has found that...
View ArticleCOMFORTABLY SHY by JO STANLEY in THE SUNDAY AGE
27/07/2014 This cold Sunday morning I grabbed the paper for a quick read and found that Jo Stanley had written an article “Comfortably Shy’. Jo is the co-host of Weekend Breakfast on the Today...
View ArticleRobin williams commits suicide due to depression
13/08/2014 Like millions of other people, I was saddened to hear of the death of Robin Williams. As a child I watched many episodes of Mork & Mindy and I even recall his first appearance as Mork...
View ArticleBody dysmorphic disorder, all in the mind?
‘Ugliness: it’s all in the mind’ was a news heading that caught my eye this morning in ‘The Sunday Age’. Apparently, researchers at Melbourne’s Swinburne University of Technology have found that a...
View ArticleCOVID-19 THE CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC- LET’S THINK OF OTHERS AND DO THE RIGHT THING
During this COVID-19 crisis it’s important to be mindful that,( even though you may consider that you are not at risk of dying), you can be putting others lives at risk. I was at the Peter MacCallum...
View ArticleHow Can I Stop Violent Intrusive Thoughts?
Violent, intrusive thoughts may cause some people much distress as they can be frequent, difficult to dismiss and when dismissed they can recur, However, most people experience some unwanted and...
View ArticleOCD Treatment, online, phone or face to face
Overcome OCD with the help of a clinical psychologist and exposure and response prevention You can overcome OCD, without leaving home, using Medicare rebateable telehealth services via phone or...
View ArticleOCD Treatment Melbourne
OCD Treatment- Exposure and Response Prevention The most effective treatments for OCD are CBT and medication. Approximately 70% of OCD sufferers will derive benefit from exposure and response...
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