Stop Smoking in Three Sessions

... people including many celebrities to free themselves from addictions and phobias through his innovative and highly effective treatment program. His program ... anesthetic agents to help a person to disengage from his addictions and phobias to enjoy a natural high forever. If this is your first time trying ...

Dr. Robert L. Williamson III Once Again Selected As One of America's Top Dentists

... that may otherwise be overlooked. "My goal is to help every patient achieve a beautiful smile, regardless of challenges they may face with phobias or finances. I believe that it is our passionate commitment to every individual patient that has led to our designation as one of America's top ...

PHR: After Senate Report, Psychologists Who Tortured Must Be Held to Account

... These techniques include: beating sexual and cultural humiliation forced nakedness exposure to extreme temperatures exploitation of phobias sleep deprivation sensory deprivation and sensory overload prolonged isolation threats of imminent harm Physicians for Human Rights ...

Whoopi Goldberg Conquers Fear of Flying Courtesy of Sir Richard Branson and Thought Field Therapy

... roller coaster fears, in Disneyland, live on their show. Dr. Callahan, founder and developer of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) has been curing phobias including the fear of flying for decades. He is a licensed clinical psychologist and author of numerous books. His first best seller was the Five ...

Gene Variant Tied to Cocaine-Induced Paranoia

... Finding may shed light on physiology of phobias in general, study suggests WEDNESDAY, March 4 (HealthDay News) -- Genetic variants that increase cocaine addicts' risk of paranoia have ...

Free Guide to Remaining Calm During Stressful Times from Harvard Medical School

... including: Stress Management: Approaches for preventing and reducing stress www.health.harvard.edu/SC Coping with Anxiety and phobias www.health.harvard.edu/AP Alcohol Use and Abuse www.health.harvard.edu/AUA Understanding Depression www.health.harvard.edu/UD ...

Urgent need for research into the best treatment for medication overuse headaches

... He reports that a clinical study of chronic migraine patients found that the two-thirds who did not have MOH expressed significantly greater phobias about the effects of drugs. Because of this they used fewer drugs than the third of patients who did have MOH. Limited clinical data suggests ...

How Clipping Pet Parrot's Wings May Violate Their Animal Rights

... pet owners. This lack of physical ability to fly and exercise is causing thousands of pet parrots to pluck out their feathers, develop irrational phobias and have an inability to tolerate stress and or change in their environments. This is why 1 in 4 parrots purchased this year will be abandoned ...

Genes' Influence on Fears Changes Over Time

... was published in the April issue of the journal Archives of General Psychiatry . More information Mental Health America has more about phobias . -- Robert Preidt SOURCE: JAMA/Archives journals, news release, April 7, 2008 ...

Phobia Attack: Courting Fear with Cortisol, the Stress Hormone

... therapy could be used to lessen and also mitigate phobias and post-traumatic stress disorders that are ... research. But it is only part of the story. phobias have two components. One is the fear of whatever ... manager of the National Phobics Society, said "As phobias have a strong behavioural component ,we would see ...

Women More Prone to Anxiety Disorders than Men

... Many types of anxiety disorders and phobias are more common in women than in men, says Coping with Anxiety and ... five men will develop an anxiety disorder. Coping with Anxiety and phobias is a 48-page report edited by Michael J. Mufson, M.D., Assistant Professor ...

Computer Based Therapy For Depression

... Effective handling of stressful situations and negative thoughts are taught by these programs. Fear Fighter is said to treat people who have phobias or suffer from panic attacks. Beating the Blues helps people suffering from mild to moderate depression. Ms. Hewitt also reported that they want ...

Medical Role In Interrogations Curtailed By Pentagon

... an appropriate role.He said that the medicos did not take part in interrogations but are not allowed to shape it with their knowledge of a subject's phobias and medical vulnerabilities. The policy attempts to clearly demarcate between medical personnels and mental health professionals, who ...

Young Children Might Be Harboring Mental Health Problems

... to suffer from depression, serious disruptive behaviour, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and anxiety, including generalized fear, phobias and terror at being separated from parents. Children with depression showed typical symptoms of sadness, irritability, disturbed sleep and lack of ...

Understanding The Link Between Phobias And Fatal Heart Disease

... In 1988, researchers surveyed more than 70,000 women who had no history of heart disease or phobic anxieties. They set out to uncover any possible phobias the patients had. The women's level of anxiety was classified into four groups of scores from zero to four and higher based on their answers. The ...