Category: Todd Farchione
Graduation to nowhere
WFXT
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
Graduation Day is a proud time for families, but unfortunately for many recent college graduates finding work poses certain challenges earlier generations did not have to face…
Why become a hermit?
Bangor Daily News
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
Speculation has abounded this week about what drove Christopher Knight to abandon society and live as a recluse in the woods of Rome, Maine…
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“He might have knowledge, but he’s not going to know what it feels like to lose his first job or lose his first love, or make a mistake or suffer the pain that comes with living. He has not been living in many respects, not in a normal, socially acceptable way.”
Anxiety disorder nips promising baseball career, life in its prime
Star News
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
Jason Ramsey is a cyber baseball coach of sorts…
Flight or Fight: Why Do People Film Fights on the MBTA Instead of Stopping Them?
Boston Magazine
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
The Bystander Effect, where people witness an emergency idly rather than intervene to help a stranger, has been documented for decades…
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“With fights, there is the actual threat there, so people don’t want to get involved and don’t want to get harmed being part of that altercation. I have seen these types of things where people are yelling—a father really yelling at his son—and the question becomes do we step in? I think, socially, we are taught not to butt into other peoples’ business.”
Fear Of Flying: 2012 Was The Safest Year To Fly
Huffington Post
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
As the New York Times reported Tuesday, 2012 was the safest year in aviation history since 1945, according to the Aviation Safety Network…
Is the United States Mentally Unstable?
Discovery News
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
How mentally healthy is the United States? And how hard is it for people with mental problems to get help here?…
Is December 21 the end of the world?
NECN
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
Today, Friday, December 21, Mayans in Guatemala’s Guatemala City gathered for a traditional ritual to welcome the end of one calendar and the start of another…
Column: The Chiefs made it through the game as a team; now they must heal as individuals
Associated Press
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
They played a football game in Kansas City the other day…
Experts, travelers say fear of flying is treatable
Associated Press
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety & Related Disorders
Earlier this month, NBA rookie Royce White disclosed that he is afraid to fly and said he expects to travel by bus to play in at least some of the basketball games for his team, the Houston Rockets…
Making the move: A viable option for grads
USA Today
Todd Farchione, College of Arts & Sciences, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
Confident in their brains and guided by their feet, some university students truly go unexpected places to get a foot in the door…
