Social Anxiety Disorder Social anxiety disorder (SAD) affects as many as 20 million Americans and is the second most commonly diagnosed anxiety disorder.1,2 A person with SAD feels symptoms of extreme anxiety or fear in certain social situations, such as meeting new people, dating, being on a job interview, answering a question in class, or …
Dēp Slēpwear makes and markets the world’s first and only sleep hoodie purpose-built for deep sleep. The ultra-cozy Dēp sleep hoodie is a patent-pending garment that offers sleepers the three most important elements necessary to achieve quality sleep – DARKNESS, from the comfy, built-in sleep mask; QUIET, by extending the mask over the ears and …
By Laurie Finklestein, author of Next Therapist Please Depression is never funny, but that doesn’t mean we can’t find humor in it. That’s how I live my life. Managing depression, anxiety, and OCD is daunting. To offset daily assaults, I turn to comedy. It’s a coping mechanism. My novel, Next Therapist Please, resulted from taking …
Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide. Suicide often follows depression when it goes unchecked. Depression is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. “Recent data suggest that ketamine, given intravenously, might be the most important breakthrough in antidepressant treatment in decades,” according to Dr. Thomas Insel, the former Director of …
A new book “A Glass Half Empty?…or Half Full: A Children’s Book for Grown-ups” by Calabasas, CA resident Danny Schuck takes a childlike, playful approach to exploring pessimism vs. optimism to find balance, manage stress and enjoy life. According to Schuck, the book uses humor and innocence to provide PERSPECTIVE—the opportunity to determine the fullness …
A now famous Harvard study finds our minds negatively wander about 50 percent of the time, and the stress that results from this type of mind wandering can lead to digestive disorders, short-term memory loss, premature coronary heart disease, heart attacks and despair. At the same time, antidepressant usage has skyrocketed and doctors are now …
Leo R. Doumanian, MD joins Mark Alyn to talk with us about erectile dysfunction. What is ED? Erectile dysfunction (ED) is defined as the persistent inability to achieve or maintain a penile erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual performance. ED can limit your intimacy, affect your self-esteem, and impact your most important relationships. Beyond the physical manifestations, …