August 4, 2016

Treating and managing anxiety in school

Treating anxiety that occurs in school includes using strategies that have been shown through research and clinical experience to be effective, and using temporary accommodations at school, which allow the child to work gradually on the […]
August 4, 2016

Generalized Anxiety Disorder: Symptoms and Causes

Considered by some to be the ‘basic’ anxiety disorder (Rapee, 1991), generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is characterized by both cognitive (thought) and physical symptoms. People with GAD experience excessive anxiety and worry that is difficult to […]
August 4, 2016

Maximizing Treatment Effectiveness for Social Anxiety Disorder

A wealth of empirical evidence suggests that cognitive-behavioral treatment (CBT) is the first-line treatment of social anxiety disorder (SAD). The effectiveness of CBT is maximized when treatment targets both situation-specific triggers (for instance, if I give […]
August 25, 2018

Effective Evidence-Based Interventions for Anxiety in Cyber School Students

BLOG POST BY KAITLIN RYAN, UNDERGRADUATE INTERN August, 2018 Effective Evidence-Based Interventions for Anxiety in Cyber School Students This post aims to identify how anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) present in students, explain the highly […]
August 25, 2018

Effective Evidence-Based Interventions for Anxiety in High School Students

BLOG POST BY THOMAS CORSARO, UNDERGRADUATE INTERN August, 2018 Effective Evidence-Based Interventions for Anxiety in High School Students Students everywhere suffer from stress in school, but for some stress goes beyond what a person can handle […]