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Fortunately, there are plenty of things you can do about it, including taking medication--but that's a last resort. The first step in dealing with anxiety, says Richard Friedman, psychiatrist and director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, is realizing that "it's normal to feel anxious in reaction to the catastrophe. Don't avoid it; talk to your friends and family...
Lash wonders how closely Harvard’s policy accounts for these “unusual circumstances.” Her mother, who works at a medical clinic primarily serving Hispanic Medicare patients, must single-handedly support Miranda, her two siblings, her grandmother and her aunt. “My family has struggled to meet the tuition payments since the beginning. My mom has taken out massive loans on her credit cards. She’s considered selling our house and moving to an apartment, just so it will be easier to pay for me and my younger sister...
...their entire work force. But because many of the most onerous restrictions of managed care--from pre-certifications and referrals to utilization review--are eliminated, the new plans hope to attract much bigger networks of physicians. Definity Health, for instance, has signed up renowned, choosy providers like the Mayo Clinic and Cleveland Clinic. Innovators such as HealthMarket, Definity and Vivius plan to let individual physicians set their own discounted rates rather than establish one flat, across-the-board price. The idea is that consumers, armed with a wealth of data on the Net, could then comparison shop...
...their fears." In Asia that kind of avoidance is particularly strong. "It's the whole psychology of loss of face," says Hughes, "never admitting to having a fear, never mentioning it." This may be one reason why the nearest course for Asians who fear flying is Qantas' Fearless Flyers Clinic in Sydney. Call (61-2) 9522-8455 for information...
...that the key to facing down fear is knowledge: find out as much as possible about the mechanics of flight and plane safety systems as well as the causes of anxiety. Equally invaluable?however frightening?is experience. Debbie Seaman, who beat her own fear of flying at the Qantas clinic in Sydney and went on to write The Fearless Flier's Handbook, says: "Most of all, if we don't 'get back on the horse,' we're helping the fear take over. A phobia erodes self-esteem in other areas of life and spreads like a cancer." She advises phobic...