Free Caregivers Guide to Anxiety to recognise Carers Rights Day
To celebrate Carers Rights Day today (Friday 20th November, 2015), Anxiety UK is making its Caregivers Guide to Anxiety available free to download all day. Written by our CEO Nicky Lidbetter, the guide is the first of its kind in the UK, and offers information and advice to individuals supporting those with an anxiety disorder. […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - November 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Anxiety UK partners with Headspace to offer free subscription to AUK Members!
From the 2nd of November 2015, Anxiety UK will be offering free subscriptions to Headspace with their Membership offer. Anxiety UK- the UK’s leading anxiety charity- has recently partnered with Headspace, the lifestyle app known as ‘a gym membership for the mind’. Using proven meditation and mindfulness techniques Headspace helps its users to train their […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - October 30, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Release of The Student Guide to Understanding Anxiety and Free Download!
For one week only, The Student Guide to Understanding Anxiety is available for free download! From the 19th-25th October, you can download the guide by clicking the link below: https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/membership/student-memberships/ The guide has been developed to help support you through university or college and to help you manage any feelings of apprehension and anxiety that you […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - October 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Anxiety UK’s Good Practice Guidelines for Higher Education Establishments.
As part of Anxiety UK’s Student Initiative this October, we have also developed the Top 4 Recommendations for supporting students with anxiety at University or College. There is full guidance available for Higher Education Establishments, which are available if you email partnerships@anxietyuk.org.uk requesting ‘Good Practice Guidelines for Higher Education’ (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - October 20, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Anxiety UK to launch new student support package
Anxiety UK- the UK’s leading anxiety charity- is launching a new ‘Student Guide to Understanding Anxiety’, along with a specialised Student Support Package to coincide with World Mental Health Day. This week, it has been reported that an increasing number of students are in need of therapy due to rising stress and anxiety levels. A […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - October 10, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Anxiety UK launch ‘Katharine and Harold Fisher Anxiety Research Fund’
Peer support for people with Anxiety The Institute of Mental Health has been successful in securing funding from Anxiety UK’s ‘Katharine and Harold Fisher Anxiety Research Fund’ to further develop peer support training for people with Anxiety. This exciting research project starts on 1 October and will help to further understand what peer support should […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - October 7, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Trustee with accountancy and finance skills required
Anxiety UK is seeking to recruit a Trustee with accountancy and finance skills to join board of AUK. Any interested candidates must be able to travel to Manchester. For further information please contact Nicky Lidbetter by email to ceo@anxietyuk.org.uk (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - September 29, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Anxiety UK now offering Family and Group Memberships
Anxiety UK are pleased to announce that it is now possible to join Anxiety UK as a family unit, or as a group. As with individual membership, those joining as a family or group will have access to many benefits including reduced cost therapy and a subscription to the charities Anxious Times magazine. There are […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - August 8, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Vote for Anxiety UK!
Anxiety UK have applied to be in the running for JustGiving’s Charity of the Year and we need your votes! We would love the opportunity to be awarded this prestigious prize to highlight the hard work our staff and volunteers are putting in to reduce the stigma of mental health issues, to guide and support […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - August 4, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Carla shares her experience of emetophobia (fear of vomiting)
What type of phobia do you have? I have emetophobia, which is a fear of myself and others vomiting. How does this impact on your daily life? It impacts my life in many ways. Most days I wake up with anxiety and it remains with me until bed time. I have several panic attacks throughout […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Social Phobia- Krista shares her experiences
“They’re staring at me. Why are they staring at me?” “They’re laughing at me. I know it” “They think I’m crazy” “They’re going to shout something, call me fat and ugly” “They’re better than me” “They hate me and I don’t blame them” “Why bother saying anything? I’ll only sound stupid anyway” “They’re talking about […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Amanda tells her story about how she helped her daughter to overcome her phobias and anxiety…
My daughter Tabitha (now 11) was what we affectionately call a born worrier. Originally a tiny prem baby she is a sweet earnest and expressive child, usually anxious to please. At 7 she was a great eater with a varied and interested appetite. Then in 2011 she complained of a sore throat after a potato […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Natalie talks about Phonophobia (fear of loud noises)
I have various phobias, but I have one that affects me quite a lot: Phonophobia. For those that aren’t sure what it may be, it is a fear of sudden, unexpected loud sounds. Loud and unexpected noises to anybody are startling, but for someone like me, the affects of a loud noise impact me so […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Anxiety UK to launch new Research Fund thanks to AUK Fundraisers
Anxiety UK is a user-led mental health charity established in 1970 that provides direct support services (including psychological therapies) to individuals affected by a range of anxiety disorders. We undertake a campaigning and awareness function; representing those with personal experience of anxiety in the UK. Over the years, the charity has supported researchers with a range […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
Anxiety UK launch ‘The Caregivers Guide to Anxiety’ in conjunction with Carers Week 2015
We are delighted to announce the release of ‘The Caregivers Guide to Anxiety’ in conjunction with Carers Week 2015. Written by our CEO Nicky Lidbetter, the guide is the first of its kind in the UK, and offers information and advice to individuals supporting those with an anxiety disorder. It contains practical tips and methods […] (Source: ANXIETY UK News)
Source: ANXIETY UK News - July 26, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Source Type: news
