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Podcast: Flusterclux With Lynn Lyons: For Parents Who Worry
Episode: Why Distraction Isn't The Solution For Anxiety
Description: Ed joins Lynn to first laugh (a lot) about their mutual fainting, and then discuss the negatives and positives of using distraction to deal with anxiety. Although distraction is routinely prescribed, Lynn sees what she calls “destructive distraction” as an increasingly common. Can distraction be helpful? And what do parents and clinicians need to know?
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