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Treatment for Anxiety

Many people who struggle with anxiety struggle in silence. Only about 37% of the people who have been diagnosed with some sort of anxiety disorder are actually in treatment. There are many reasons people do not seek treatment for anxiety issues. One reason might be that they do not understand what treatment would entail. Also, change in and of itself can cause anxiety. However, if anxiety issues are getting in the way of you or someone you love living life the way you want to, there are steps you can take to overcome those fears.

The first step is to get an accurate assessment. A physician, psychologist, or psychiatrist can provide a thorough evaluation. The assessment would most likely include an in-depth medical history, a family and mental health history, symptom checklist, and possibly some projective and objective standardized tests.

8 Types of Anxiety Disorders

Lotus Group can provide assistance with a variety of different counseling needs, anxiety disorders affect a large number of individuals in society. As we spoke in our earlier article about the different symptoms of an anxiety disorder related panic attack, we'll now identify and expand on the various categories of anxiety disorders:

Panic Disorder: Panic disorder can occur with agoraphobia or without agoraphobia. Panic disorder patients experience a panic attack and then for one month or more either 1) worry about having another panic attack, or 2) worry about the...

What Are Symptoms of Anxiety Panic Attack

Woman Anxiously Staring Out Window According to the National Institute of Mental Health, anxiety grips the lives of 18.1% of the US adult population, with women being 60% more likely to suffer from an anxiety disorder than men. Unfortunately for those affected, only 36.9% of these people are receiving treatment.

There are about 8 different categories of anxiety disorders. Many of them have the common symptom of a panic attack. Many people confuse panic attacks with other physical ailments (heart attacks, asthma...

The Great Juggling Act: Managing Life and Being a Good Father (Part 2)

juggling-balls In last week's article we discussed the first four of eight determinants of parenting[i]-the areas of our lives that we must juggle as fathers. Those four determinants were the father's own developmental history, personality/mental health, job, and the child's personality/mental health. Let's take a look at the other four determinants that affect the way we parent: child's stage of development, father's marriage, social network/support, and spirituality/religion.

Child's Stage of...

The Great Juggling Act: Managing Life and Being a Good Father (Part 1)

juggling-bags There are many hats that parents wear these days. Chaffeur, medic, counselor, coach, teacher, friend-and those hats are only a few of the ones worn within the household. Parents also wear hats for their roles outside the household-supervisor, employer, employee, co-worker. We also wear our own personal hats-daughter/son, caretaker of aging parents, niece/nephew, brother/sister. Each of these hats effect the way we parent. This fact requires us to take a look inward in order to find a...