Holiday Stress Test
Do you find yourself increasingly dreading the holidays? Do you find the shopping amongst hoards of desperate shoppers, the selecting of just the right gifts, the cooking of wonderful holiday treats and many get togethers of family and friends to…
New Study on Anxiety and Kids
An important new study was published today in The New England Journal of Medicine. It found that children with anxiety disorders improved substantially on a combination of Zoloft (a serotonin reuptake inhibitor that treats depression and anxiety) combined with…
Post Election Withdrawal
Are you wondering what is going to fill the void of passion-filled talks about candidates, nights riveted by cable news, days of having really good stuff to laugh or cry about at the water cooler? Then you may be…
Priorities
Times are just getting tougher and tougher. I am getting more calls from people who need help, and patients I work with are having more trouble now with anxiety, bad moods and tension in their relationships. This is not surprising,…
Nebraska’s Safe Haven Law
35 children have been left at hospitals by parents in the last month under Nebraska’s safe haven law. The law was made for parents of infants who were too overwhelmed to care for their baby, or young mothers who really…
Treasury announces introduction of debit cards for Social Security payments
WASHINGTON: The Treasury Department said Friday it would begin offering the option of providing monthly Social Security payments on debit cards, and said it hopes millions of people without bank accounts will make use of the new service.Treasury officials said Comerica Bank had been chosen to offer the new debit cards, which have been given [...]
Managing Holiday Expectations
This will no doubt be a very emotionally difficult holiday season, and most everyone will not be able to afford to buy whatever they did last year. Holidays are often felt as celebrations requiring plenty of food, decorations and…
