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What is anxiety and how can we treat it effectively? With Bunmi Olatunji, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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What Is the Difference Between Adaptive and Clinical Anxiety?

Many of us have been feeling more anxious than usual these past two years, almost two years now. What is the difference between everyday anxiety and a clinical anxiety disordr? Anxiety is an adaptive affective process that can take many shapes and sizes. Some people's anxiety may be in response to an anticipation of a specific event ort could just be an uneasy feeling with regard to uncertainty.

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