People with anxiety often perform "safety behaviors" during anxiety provoking situations. These safety behaviors make the person feel more comfortable in the situation by providing temporary relief ...

In the context of health anxiety, "safety behaviors" are what we do to try and prevent or reduce the anxiety we are experiencing from a given symptom, bodily sensation, or bodily function. The three ...

Every year roughly 12.3 million people struggle with suicidal thoughts, yet the vast majority don’t receive the life-saving intervention they desperately need. According to a recent study released by ...

When we embraced behavior-based safety (BBS) in the 1980s, we thought we had finally found the key to creating an accident-resistant environment. We sowed a wind and we are reaping a whirlwind. Why ...