Anxiety Disorder Articles

People who suffer from anxiety disorders can benefit from many types of therapy which can include cognitive behavior therapy, pharmaceutical treatments, mediation and even animal assisted therapy (AAT). Animal Assisted Therapy is the use of trained animals and handlers to achieve specific physical, social, cognitive and emotional goals with patients. It is also referred to as pet therapy and has been proven to be beneficial with anxiety disorder sufferers [1].

Many women suffer from postpartum panic disorder and panic disorder during their postpartum period. This is shown in about 4-6 % of women sometimes in conjunction with postpartum depression (pregnancy-info.net). Most times the anxiety and panic symptoms are brushed off as new-mom nerves but studies are showing that there is a link between the fluctuation in hormones postpartum and an increase in anxiety and panic disorders.

Many parents suffering from some type of anxiety disorder, will have children suffering from some form of anxiety disorder.  Researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center are trying to find ways to prevent this phenomenon and have found using a family-based program of cognitive behavioral therapy has had positive results. In as little as eight weekly sessions the anxiety disorder symptoms are decreased in the children at risk

It had been proven in smaller studies that streptococcal infection, more commonly known as strep throat, had links to anxiety disorders such as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Tourette’s Syndrome. Whereas OCD is an anxiety disorder characterized by repetitive thoughts and or obsessions, Tourette’s Syndrome is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by repetitive involuntary sounds and tics. The study, which took place in the United Kingdom, took 255 people from the ages of 2 to 25 years old.