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Anxiety & Depression
Stay informed about anxiety and depression with the latest news and insights from ScienceWorks Behavioral Healthcare.
Benzodiazepines and Long-Term Anxiety Treatment: What the Evidence Actually Shows
What the evidence actually says about taking a benzodiazepine during exposure-based anxiety therapy, and what to ask your prescriber.
Kiesa Kelly
2 days ago13 min read
Hypnic Jerks: Why You Jolt Awake as You Drift Off, and When It's Worth Mentioning
Jolting awake as you fall asleep is common and usually harmless. A Tennessee psychologist explains why hypnic jerks happen and when to get them checked.
Kiesa Kelly
2 days ago13 min read
After a Normal Cardiac Workup: What to Do When the Tests Are Fine but the Attacks Keep Coming
Your heart tests came back normal but the attacks keep coming. What a clear workup settles, why panic persists, and what treatment actually helps.
Kiesa Kelly
4 days ago14 min read
CBT for Anxiety Over Video: What Happens to Thought Records, Experiments, and Homework
Thought records, behavioral experiments and homework in telehealth CBT for anxiety in Tennessee: what changes on video, what does not, and how to prepare.
Kiesa Kelly
5 days ago13 min read
Should You Retake the GAD-7? Using Your Anxiety Score to Tell If Treatment Is Working
When to retake the GAD-7 to track anxiety treatment progress: how big a score change must be to count, how often to re-score, and what a flat score means.
Ryan Burns
5 days ago14 min read
What to Expect from Birth Trauma Therapy, and When It Helps
What birth trauma therapy involves after a traumatic birth, how it differs from postpartum depression care, and how to tell if it is working.
Kiesa Kelly
6 days ago17 min read
The Gut-Anxiety Loop: Why IBS and Panic So Often Travel Together
IBS and panic attacks often travel together. How the gut-anxiety loop works, how it differs from health anxiety, and what treatment actually helps.
Kiesa Kelly
7 days ago15 min read
Emetophobia: Fear of Vomiting and How It's Treated
Emetophobia is a specific phobia of vomiting, not squeamishness. What it costs day to day, how it differs from OCD, and what treatment involves.
Kiesa Kelly
7 days ago15 min read
Does Medicare Cover Therapy? Coverage, Telehealth Rules, and What You Pay Out of Pocket
What Medicare Part B covers for therapy, the telehealth in-person rule, and what you pay out of pocket in Tennessee. Verified against CMS, September 2026.
Ryan Burns
7 days ago14 min read
When Anxiety Therapy Isn't Working: What a Plateau Means and What Comes Next
About half of people respond to CBT for anxiety. If yours has stalled, here's what the evidence says a plateau means and what usually comes next.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 514 min read
Sunday Dread: When a Weekly Pattern Is Worth Treating Rather Than Tolerating
The Sunday scaries are common, but common is not the same as harmless. Use the duration, spread, and function test to know when dread needs treatment.
ScienceWorks Team
Sep 516 min read
Nocturnal Panic Attacks: Why You Wake Up in a Panic
Waking up in a panic at night? Learn what nocturnal panic attacks are, why a medical checkup comes first, and how fear of sleep takes hold.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 516 min read
Nocturnal Panic vs Night Terrors, Sleep Apnea, and Seizures: How Clinicians Tell Them Apart
Night terror, sleep apnea, seizure or panic? Learn the features clinicians use to tell nighttime waking episodes apart, and which need urgent care.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 516 min read
Interoception: When You Can't Tell Hunger From Anxiety From Overload
Interoception is the sense of your body's internal signals. Learn why hunger, anxiety, and sensory overload get confused, and what an evaluation looks at.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 415 min read
Worry vs. Rumination: How Clinicians Tell Them Apart
Worry looks ahead; rumination looks back. Learn how clinicians tell them apart, why they overlap, and what the difference means for your treatment.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 414 min read
What Type of Therapist Is Best for Anxiety?
The license letters matter less than what a therapist actually does. How to tell whether an anxiety therapist delivers exposure-based CBT, and what to ask.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 411 min read
How to Prepare for CBT for Anxiety: A Checklist
A practical checklist for your first CBT appointment for anxiety in Tennessee: what to write down, what to ask, and what the research says matters.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 313 min read
Public Speaking Anxiety: What Actually Reduces the Fear
Why public speaking fear responds to repeated practice rather than willpower, how the performance-only specifier works, and what treatment involves.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 314 min read
PCOS and Mood: What Drives the Emotional Symptoms
Anxiety and depression are far more common with PCOS. A clinical psychologist on why, what screeners show, and which treatments have evidence.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 213 min read
Intolerance of Uncertainty: The Engine Behind Chronic Worry
Intolerance of uncertainty is the mechanism that keeps generalized anxiety going. What it is, how it is assessed, and what treatment actually targets.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 213 min read
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