While each chapter is different, the membership blurs the lines between students with mental illness; students with friends or family members living with mental illness; and a smattering of psychology students, social workers and nurses. On each campus, Active Minds has tables offering materials on mental health often the same materials available at the counseling center, Ms. Malmon graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Penn, incorporated Active Minds, and became the youngest recipient of the Tipper Gore Remember the Children Award from the National Mental Health Association. Every week brings inquiries about starting chapters, most recently from students or staff members at Arizona State University , Luzerne County Community College in Pennsylvania, the University of Central Florida and Humboldt State University in California. read more

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Many women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are hit with a double whammy of combat trauma and sexual trauma, which could lead PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, a potentially debilitating anxiety disorder caused by exposure to abnormal amounts of stress. In recent years the military has taken steps to be more sensitive to the presence of women in the military, with annual sensitivity training and procedures in place so that if a woman is victimized she can report that confidentially. And a spokesman told me Fort Campbell has one of the army’s most aggressive programs for dealing with sexual assault and sexual harassment. The VA’s making a concerted effort to address military sexual trauma, but struggling with a backlog of benefits claims and the nearest  PTSD treatment program is in Kansas City and some say the military’s new sensitivity to sexual trauma issues don’t always trickle down to day-to-day life on-base. Specialist Saines tried reporting the sexual harassment confidentially, but says it didn’t take long before word got back to the men in her unit. read more

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But, if anxiety is preventing you from living a life that you use to have and do, then you are suffering from anxiety disorder. Severe anxiety or having anxiety disorder can affect your daily routine and even your relationship with family and friends. Anxiety disorder can lead to other problems or illnesses such as low self-esteem, depression, and alcoholism. Using herbal remedy for your anxiety is helpful in treating your problem. Indeed, there are plenty of ways to treat your anxiety in a natural way, by using herbal remedy, exercising and joining social groups. read more

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