“I am currently working at Monkey Productions, an independent TV company, on a documentary about Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia for Channel 4.
We are fortunate to be working with Professor Paul Salkovskis – the Clinical Director of the Anxiety Disorders and Trauma Unit at the Maudlsey Hospital and one of the leading specialists in this condition in the UK. He has devised an intensive treatment programme specifically designed to help sufferers get their lives back on track. This TV series follows on from the success of ‘The House of Obsessive Compulsives’ which we produced for Channel 4 last year. If you didn’t see it, these programmes depicted the lives of 3 people suffering from OCD who underwent treatment with Paul and his team: all three of them improved dramatically. We aim to produce similarly sensitive and sympathetic films about Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia.
I am keen to talk to anyone who feels ‘trapped’ by the condition about their experiences to learn more about how the condition affects them, and ultimately to find people who are keen to take part in the treatment programme itself. “
If you are interested call Zoe on 0207 749 3169
Hi im a 37 year old mum of 4 children, my youngest being 8 months old.As long as i remember iv always suffered with agoraphobia/social phobia/anxiety attacks. But have learned to try and cope with it. I live day to day as somedays are better than others.I long to be able to be free of my phobias etc. As i feel im not living to my full potential.And have missed out on lifes opportunities due to feeling held back. Thankyou for reading Carol.
Tiffany, I am sorry that you had to go through all this with the VA and your sevrcie dogs. This unfortunately is not an unusual case. There are several individuals with their various types of sevrcie dogs that are being discriminated against due to their sevrcie dogs. Doesn’t seem to matter what tasks these dogs perform the results seems to all be the same. That’s why in the ADA Restoration (2009) it is being clarified about what a sevrcie animal is. This will include with no room of interpretation for those of us with invisible disabilities. The biggest issues with the general public is that they do not comprehend that some sevrcie dogs are in deed trained to remind a person to take pills. They are also trained to if need be balance, counter-balance or when somebody freezes trained to step on a person’s foot which makes the person unfreeze. (less technical term). lol. Personally I do hate when people ask what tasks my dogs do for me especially if it’s to gain access to a place. Reason I hate it so much is because the fact when telling them these tasks it also then tells them my disabilities, which actually is a round about way around the law of (medical privacy act). However this year the DOJ with their question and answer section it’s basically taken out. It is basically back off the dockets. Though they do not clarify well enough about invisible disability as they should. I am thinking that after the ADA restoration which is now up for public comments til Aug., that they will intern change the definition wording. Again sorry that you and your husband had to go through all this.
Good post. Dogs are incredibly amnziag, and we humans ask a lot of them–moreso than many other domestic animals. I’ve worked with training service dogs, and a lot of work goes into it. I really like the fact that psychiatric service dogs are becoming more recognized, but there is one drawback. Unfortunately, I have seen people who try to say their dogs are service dogs when they are not. It’s a minority, but it does happen.One other point about proper etiquette besides asking first whether the dog is “working” is not to inquire about the individual’s disability. This is especially true when the disability is “invisible” as is the case with many psychiatric/dog handler teams.