A rapidly growing proportion of the US public is registering anxiety at the sea of red ink.... Ben Bernanke, governor of the Federal Reserve, told Congress this month: "Unless we demonstrate a strong commitment to fiscal sustainability in the longer term, we will have neither financial stability nor healthy economic growth".
Tests registered their anxiety before, and pain level during, the shocks.
It is worth remembering that it is less than 10 years since at least one prominent politician very specifically registered an anxiety that the exposure of his private life to public scrutiny might affect his political future.
This isn't the first time this year that wealthy Americans have registered their anxiety.
This is a rather limited definition, as continuation treatment is a well-established part of depression treatment and many antidepressants are also registered for anxiety disorders.
Studies show that sociopaths do not demonstrate anxiety when shown disturbing images or when they're given small electrical shocks, while non-sociopaths do register anxiety and fear in these situations.[2].
And yet most fear-meters, including, crucially, the price banks have to pay for funds (see chart), still register chronic anxiety.This raises two broad questions.
Reflecting the calm here, the Tel Aviv stock exchange, usually a good barometer of geopolitical anxiety, registered barely a flutter.
If participants registered scores of anxiety or depression above 14 the clinical nurse specialist at the relevant hospital was contacted and asked to follow up.
13 A subjective feeling of anxiety will be registered on a VAS going from 'no anxiety' to 'worst possible anxiety'.
On last year's Globes red carpet anxiety was registered in the stiffness of the old-Hollywood hairdos and in the number of pretty but conservative gowns.
