There is an interesting question being posed which is, is alcohol abuse a factor of anxiety disorder or is anxiety disorder caused by alcohol abuse?  It is a classic “which came first” scenario that has a lot of people looking for answers. Science has already noted the hereditary factor in alcohol abuse stating that a child of a person who has an alcohol abuse problem is at greater risk of having an alcohol abuse problem as we ...

Anxiety is the most common mental health problem in America with more than 19 million of the adult population affected.  Treating anxiety disorders costs the United States approximately $42 billion per year.  More than $22.84 billion of the health care dollars spent are associated with people using health care services to provide relief for the symptoms which can mimic mental illness.  The following outlines the different types of ...

The reason people sweat is to lower the temperature of the body through cooling the skin surface by evaporation and to secrete toxic substances.  Sweating can be called perspiration or transpiration, in hot weather the muscles of the body will warm up and through exertion, sweat is produced.  A person will sweat more when nervous, nauseous or anxious and perspiration decreases when a person is cold or the body is inactive.  Sweat i ...

Approximately 1% of the child population in the United States, between the ages of 3-17 years old has been diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder.  Experts estimate autism occurs in one of every one-hundred births and 1 to 1.5 million Americans are living with autism currently.  The health care costs associated with autism results in $60 billion spent annually and within ten years time the costs are expected to total up to $200-$400 ...

Jessica, bright, perceptive, open, and 16 years old, consulted with me due to intense anxiety. She had been anxious ever since she could remember. "A therapist told me that I was born with my anxiety and that I will always have it and that I need to learn to live with it." I was appalled. Due to what this therapist told her, Jessica believed that she was destined to always live her life with anxiety. Her Guidance came through to m ...