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It's Mental Illness Awareness Week, making it a great time to talk about one of the most common mental illnesses in the US: Anxiety. An estimated 40 million adults report having anxiety every year.

Among U.S. adults aged 18-29, the impact on mental health was even more severe. Rates of anxiety and depression increased to 65 percent and 61 percent, respectively, of the respondents in that age ...

If you are concerned about your child’s anxiety, social anxiety, or depression ... When interviewing potential therapists, ask if they accept payment on a sliding scale. You may be able to use your ...

Anxiety can cause symptoms that affect different body systems and may range from nervousness to feelings of dread and panic. Some symptoms may be longer lasting. Most people experience occasional ...

“Almost 6% of adults in the UK are reported to experience generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) within a given week,” says Dr Piril Hepsomali, lecturer in psychology at the University of Roehampton.

Anxiety may cause symptoms that feel like they’re affecting your head. These could include brain fog, pressure, headaches, and dissociation. The symptoms of many mental health disorders show up ...

I call this troubled feeling “sunset anxiety” and, turns out, I’m not the only one who deals with it. At least a handful of other people on the internet (read: Reddit) also seem to ...

Late-life anxiety can often be "silent"—missed or difficult to diagnose as older adults tend to somatize psychiatric problems; have multiple psychiatric, medical, and medication issues ...