“This is a paradigm shift,” says Donn Van Deren, PhD, postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, who ...

“Anxiety is a projection of fear that sends signals to the amygdala and hippocampus in the brain,” explains Melissa Hankins, MD, a Harvard-trained psychiatrist based in Seattle. And in some situations ...

As the year draws to a close, many of us naturally take time to reflect on the months gone by.Once the excitement of Christmas fades, some people might start to experience New Year anxiety and fixate ...

Health anxiety is the excessive worry about becoming seriously ill. Health anxiety is associated with maladaptive thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. If you have health anxiety, you know the routine. It ...

While occasional anxious feelings can serve as helpful protective signals to plan and act, problems arise when they escalate.

We at EveryDay Strong were recently asked, “How can I help my child, even though anxiety and depression run in our family?” If you struggle with anxiety and depression, you’ve probably heard that it ...

The current healthcare systems in the U.S. often compartmentalize health conditions, treating physical and mental health as distinct entities. This dissociative approach has led to a limited ...

OCD and GAD share symptoms of unwanted thoughts that lead to anxiety and distress. Despite this, the two conditions have significant differences that help tell them apart. Generalized anxiety disorder ...