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Anxiety (also called angst or worry) is a psychological and physiological state characterized by somatic, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral components.
 

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    Bangor Daily News on Oct. 12, 2010, at 4:57 p.m.
    So you’ve decorated your dorm room, posted college photos on Facebook, and eagerly begun your classes. Now as the first few weeks of the semester roll by, you may be feeling more stressed than you expected, and maybe even a bit anxious or depressed. If this is the case, you’re ...
    Chief Troy Morton with the Penobscot County Sheriff's Department dispenses drugs into containers which were turned in by community members as part of a national prescription drug take-back campaign at Cascade Park in Bangor on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)

    Mainers discard unwanted medicine

    By Eric Russell on Sept. 25, 2010, at 3:02 p.m.
    Hundreds of Mainers discarded their outdated or unwanted prescription medications on Saturday as part of an effort coordinated by the federal Drug Enforcement Agency.
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Amanda Chamberlain (background) sorts through medicines Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, as part of the Safe Medicine Disposal for ME program, which provides Maine residents with a safe disposal option for unused and unwanted medicine. (Bangor Daily News/Bridget Brown)    (WEB EDITION PHOTO)

    Maine towns to participate in national drug disposal Saturday

    By Meg Haskell on Sept. 22, 2010, at 7:16 p.m.
    Mainers in possession of unused and unwanted medications are urged to empty out their medicine cabinets this Saturday and participate in the first-ever national drug take-back effort. At more than …

    Mental health education programs help families

    By Joni Averill on Aug. 29, 2010, at 10:13 p.m.
    Perhaps it is because I am acquainted with Nancy Grimes of Winterport and know of the tragedy that befell her and her husband, Ken Grimes, when their 27-year-old son, Tom, committed suicide that I feel so strongly about the volunteer work so close to Nancy’s heart.

    An ounce of prevention, one mouthful at a time

    By Emmet Meara on July 16, 2010, at 7:35 p.m.
    I can’t find my keys. I can’t sleep at night. My normally sunny disposition has evaporated with the loss of the weekly expense check. My eyes, never very good, are failing. Prevention magazine tells me the cure is at the end of my fork.

    Cancer patients hear messages of hope

    By Meg Haskell on Nov. 07, 2008, at 8:49 p.m.
    ELLSWORTH, Maine — The most dreaded words in the English language may be “You have cancer,” but an inspirational survivor assured about 200 people affected by the group of diseases that “there is life after cancer.” Speaking at the second annual Living With Cancer conference in Ellsworth on Friday, Calais ...

    Proposed sedative rule change exasperates Maine’s dentists

    By Meg Haskell on Sept. 12, 2008, at 8:34 p.m.
    AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine dentists are irate over proposed changes to state rules governing the use of in-office oral sedation for their patients. At a public hearing Friday before the Board of Dental …

    Dental board to weigh heart monitor rule

    By Meg Haskell on Sept. 04, 2008, at 10:42 p.m.
    Some Maine dentists are rolling up their sleeves to fight a pending regulatory change that they say will make it harder for Maine residents — especially those with anxiety about visiting the dentist — to get the basic care they need.
     
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