anxiety
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Many of the newer disability claims are for mental-health issues like depression, anxiety and ADHD, which can be harder for the government to verify than a physical disability.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Blanca Ortiz has cycled through bouts of sadness, anxiety and anger ever since her husband was detained by federal immigration agents five months ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 11, 2026
The programme includes face-to-face workshops and informal peer support social groups and covers a range of topics, including managing anxiety and stress and boosting self-esteem.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
Their first-of-its-kind observational study, published in Nature Communications, found that loneliness and social isolation were associated with the loss of nearly six years of life free from mental disorders such as depression and anxiety.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
“Haven’t they ever heard of separation anxiety? What is the matter with these people? I have taken care of toddlers with FAS, and they are nothing like Boo.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
They instead often raised expectations, forced dependency and gave rise to a vision of progress that reinforced social exclusion, bred anxieties about status, and concealed the environmental costs of a culture built on consumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026
A slower rate of rate hikes will ease anxieties in the credit markets, which have gotten angsty recently with the sharp rise in yields, Holzenthaler says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
It describes several overlapping anxieties about modern restaurant food, but its prehistory belongs, at least partly, to the ghost kitchen.
From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026
Over the summer, those anxieties deepened after Netflix said it would publish viewership data less frequently.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 29, 2026
She preferred it when he spoke Igbo; it was the only time he seemed unconscious of his own anxieties.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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