Young drivers who experience anxiety and depression are more likely to take risks on the road, according to a new study by Queensland University of Technology (QUT).
The results of the study led by Bridie Scott-Parker, from QUT’s Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety – Queensland (CARRS-Q), have been published in the international journal Injury Prevention today.
Mrs Scott-Parker said the study of more than 760 young drivers, who were on their provisional licence, found anxiety and depression accounted for 8.5 per cent of the risky driving behaviour reported by these young adults. [continue reading…]
When psychotherapy is helping someone get better, what does that change look like in the brain? This was the question a team of Canadian psychological scientists set out to investigate in patients suffering from social anxiety disorder. Their findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association of Psychological Science.[continue reading…]
Anxiety and other self-help scams abound on the Internet, with enticing promises of quick cures .
When your daily life is debilitated with anxiety, depression or other health issues to the point where you’re ready to try anything, internet marketers are waiting to trade on your desperation.
On his website Clinical Psychologist Dave Carbonell, Director at Anxiety Treatment Center Chicago, offers some tip-offs that you might be looking at a scam. Curious ? Continue reading
