There's some good news and some bad news about panic attacks. The bad news is they may or may not go away completely. The good news is there are things you can do immediately tocontrol a panic attackand minimize its negative consequences on your well being and start experiencing real relief in your life right now.

To start with some basics, most of us were never taught to breathe properly. That is to say, most of us take short breaths, take them far too often, and only use...

Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy is an effective form of treatment for trauma-attachment disordered children. It is an “evidence-based” treatment, meaning that there has been research published in peer-reviewed journals (Becker-Weidman, A., (2006) “Treatment for Children with Trauma-Attachment Disorders: Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy,” Childand Adolescent Social Work Journal.Vol. 23 #2, April 2006, 147-171. Becker-Weidman, A., (2006)....

The short and obvious answer: panic attacks are caused by high anxiety. But, what exactly is anxiety? Understanding how anxiety crops up will help you defeat panic attacks.

One of the biggest myths surrounding anxiety is that it is harmful and can lead to a number of various life-threatening conditions.

Definition of Anxiety

Anxiety is defined as a state of apprehension or fear resulting from the anticipation of a real or imagined threat, event, or...

When you feel a panic attack coming on, the most important thing is to stop whatever you’re doing (especially if you’re driving), sit down in a comfortable and safe place, and try to regulate your breathing. Focus on your slow breathing and it will become a style of meditation.  Once you’re back to semi-regular breathing and you feel strong enough to try some more effective remedies, attempt any of the exercises below.

Stop breathing!

Try and...

One of the most effective approaches to overcome OCD help is cognitive-behavioral therapy. Overcoming obsessive-compulsive disorder is extremely difficult unless you use the subconscious mind to relieve the anxiety that you feel with this disorder. These approaches have worked on mental health conditions ranging from social anxiety to schizophrenia.

Identifying Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Obsessive-compulsive disorder involves irrational, repetitive thoughts that produce...

Autism Autistic Child Disorder Spectrum

Here is a potentially routine day in the livlihood of an autistic child with a shape of autism spectrum disorder. Every day at recess a third grader named Bill has problem controlling himself. He hits, pushes, kicks and says among the a greater number of students. When confronted roughly his behavior, he becomes larger number of angry, yelling at teachers or drives away from what i read in them. His teacher tries to help him by offering...

Autism And Treatment

One of the impediments to autism treatment is the reality overly most consumers very do not understand how the condition of autism is. Many homeowners still prescribe to old, antiquated notions that autism can be "grown out of" or "fixed with the proper diet." In reality, such superficial assessment of the order is not helpful. The child so suffers from autism truly needs a modern and reliable treatment method who can permit restore...

Suddenly, you start feeling light-headed, woozy or dizzy. The world starts spinning around you and fear that you might actually faint or pass out any moment. This panic attack dizziness makes you feel like you walking on an unstable boat, the floor is moving up and down and it's difficult to keep your balance.

Dizziness is one of the most common symptoms a panic attack sufferer can get, along with other worrying symptoms such as hyperventilation, chest pains, numbness,...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, ADHD, is a common mental health disorder in children. The three cardinal symptoms of ADHD are impulsiveness, hyperactivity and inattention. Nearly everyone shows some of these behaviors at times, but the symptoms lasts more than 6 months in ADHD. Impulsiveness means that the child acts too quickly without first thinking. Hyperactivity means the child cannot sit still. He or she walks, runs, or...

On Saturday, 20/September, the XIVth World Congress of Psychiatry opens its doors in Prague, Chech Republic. Their motto is "Science and Humanism: For a Person-Centered Psychiatry" What a blatant lie!

First of all, psychiatry is NOT a science. For what is science? Let's see a few definitions:

"a systematically organized body of knowledge on any subject"
"the study of the physical and natural world and phenomena, especially by using...