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Mindfulness As An Effective Strategy For Anxiety Relief In Adolescent Patients, Desiree N. Dibella Jan 2017

Mindfulness As An Effective Strategy For Anxiety Relief In Adolescent Patients, Desiree N. Dibella

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Anxiety disorders affect 6.8 million adults over the age of 18 in the United States, and anxiety disorders are the most common mental health illness in children.

Risk Factors for anxiety disorders in young adults include the following: -Shyness, or behavioral inhibition, in childhood -Being of the female sex -Having few economic resources -Exposure to stressful life events in childhood -Anxiety disorders in close biological relatives -Parental history of mental disorders -Elevated afternoon cortisol levels in the saliva Teens and young adults increasingly suffer from anxiety disorders with the CDC reporting the rate of anxiety disorders among 3 to 17 …


A Multimodal Approach To Hypertension: Behavioral Modifications On A Budget, Jayne Manigrasso Jan 2017

A Multimodal Approach To Hypertension: Behavioral Modifications On A Budget, Jayne Manigrasso

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Hypertension is one of the most common diagnoses in the adult population in the United States. Hypertension also has various sequelae that are preventable with adequate treatment, including medication and lifestyle modification.