Find out what anxiety is, what is happening in your body & brain and why and how to treat it. If you experience anxiety, this podcast will hopefully help you feel less alone with your symptoms & help you to understand your own body better.

Episode 3 resources:

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• Urinary Tract Infections: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment. Cleveland Clinic. Published 2022. Accessed August 26, 2022.

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• The Link Between UTIs and Sex: Causes and How to Prevent Them. EverydayHealth.com. Published 2022. Accessed August 26, 2022.

• . 7 Reasons Why Women Get More UTIs Than Men. Virginia Physicians for Women. Published 2022. Accessed August 27, 2022.

• Genitourinary Problems Worse for Sexually Abused Girls. Medscape. Published 2022. Accessed August 26, 2022.

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• Asselstine M. Body experiences of women survivors of child sexual abuse, implications for therapeutic intervention. Tspace.library.utoronto.ca. Published 1997. Accessed August 29, 2022.

Episode 4 resources:

• Generalized anxiety disorder in adults: epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, course assessment, and diagnosis. Up to Date. Published 2022. Accessed September 5, 2022.

• Crocq MA. A history of anxiety: from Hippocrates to DSM. Dialogues Clin Neurosci. 2015;17(3):319-325.

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• Andreescu C, Lee S. Anxiety Disorders in the Elderly. Adv Exp Med Biol. 2020;1191:561-576.

• Hoge E, Bickham D, Cantor J. Digital Media, Anxiety, and Depression in Children. Pediatrics. 2017;140(Suppl 2):S76-S80.

• Tully PJ, Harrison NJ, Cheung P, Cosh S. Anxiety and Cardiovascular Disease Risk: a Review. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2016;18(12):120.

• Sexual dysfunction & anxiety: Basson R, Gilks T. Women's sexual dysfunction associated with psychiatric disorders and their treatment. Womens Health (Lond). 2018;14:1745506518762664.

• Mulvey B. Molecular and Functional Sex Differences of Noradrenic Neurons in the Mouse Locus Coeruleus. Cell.com. Published 2022. Accessed September 6, 2022.

• Facts & Statistics | Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA. Adaa.org. Published 2022. Accessed September 6, 2022.

• Why Kids and Teens May Face Far More Anxiety These Days. Washington Post. Published 2018. Accessed September 6, 2022.

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• Megan Thee Stallion: Anxiety