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Articles Anxiety and Trauma The first article, Anxiety and Trauma, is in two parts. The first looks at realistic fears and anxiety in relation to trauma while the second part is an extract taken from a newsletter by Mental Health Net. This extract discusses the aftermath of a traumatic event, a terrorist attack, and outlines the various stages that people experience as they work through their grief and fears. CBT Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, is our second article. It is an interview with Chris Edwards, Senior Clinical Psychologist for the Sth Australian Mental Health Services. Chris discusses cognitive behavioural therapy, the clinician / patient relationship and what people can expect from CBT. Childhood Anxiety Ron Rapee is also a Clinical Psychologist and is Director of the Childhood and Adolescent Anxiety Disorder Clinic at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. In this article, Childhood Anxiety, Ron discusses a CBT approach and ways in which parents can help their anxious child. Marijuana Marijuana may seem to be an unlikely topic for an anxiety disorder website such as ours. But as you will see when you read the article, many teenagers and young adults are developing panic disorder as a result of using this drug. This article looks at peoples' experience and also discusses the effects of using marijuana and LSD. Take Back the Power When we develop an anxiety disorder, we do feel helpless and powerless. This article looks at how we can shift the 'power balance' between ourselves and our disorder. Social Anxiety - Who is judging who? by Carolyn Barker, former Coordinator of the Panic Anxiety Disorder Association. Carolyn has recovered from social anxiety and agoraphobia and in this article discuss the fears inherent within social anxiety and questions 'who is judging who' ? Self Esteem and Anxiety Disorders The role of Self Esteem in the development of an anxiety disorder is not usually discussed. Yet it does play a major role, both in the developmental stages of our disorder and also in the recovery process. This is the first of three articles that looks at Self Esteem and the role that it plays in recovery. Self Acceptance This second article discusses how our beliefs and ideas about ourselves and our relationship with others, is not only disempowering us, it can also create much of our underlying anxiety and depression. Self Esteem - Seeing the Choices by Carolyn Barker. Our third article in this series of Self Esteem looks at how way we can begin to identify the issues which impact on our self esteem, and how we can then begin to make the changes we need to. Thought How many times have we said 'What If?' 'What if I have an attack, What if I feel anxious? What if I lose control? What if I make a fool of myself? ' What if this is causing most of our problems? It is! See our Self Help section for additional articles  |
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