behavioral therapies

ADD vs ADHD – Differences between Attention Defecit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Defecit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

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This topic causes a lot of confusion and one of the reasons is that, up until fairly recently, the two were considered to be the same thing. Before 1987, the term ADD was used to describe people who had a hard time concentrating, keeping still and focusing, among other symptoms. In that year, ADD was … Read more

Understanding Obsessive-Compulsive Anxiety Disorder

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Anxiety disorder covers different types of unconventional phobias, pathological anxieties, and fears. Anxiety, according to medical terminology, is the emotional state or condition that an individual regarded as unpleasant. The cause or reason of unpleasantness is not, however, readily identified or defined by medical experts. Often used interchangeably with fear, anxiety conditions require accurate diagnosis … Read more