Panic Disorder

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... Gulf Daily News !

- - Vol XXVIII NO.

351 Monday 6 March 2006 !

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-Section Title LOCAL- Bahraini battles bird flu in Iraq By KANWAL TARIQ HAMEED AMIDST the violence in Iraq, a Bahraini health official is battling to keep another threat at bay - bird flu.

Dr Naeema Al Gasseer, regional representative for the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Iraq, is working with local experts in animal and human health to examine strategies to curb any potential outbreak of the bird flu virus.

She said the Iraq Health Ministry would be issuing "unified and correct messages" to the public that teach them how to protect themselves and their children.

Tackling avian flu is a priority because it is a public health threat, said Dr Al Gasseer, whose doctorate is in nursing.

The WHO is working with the Iraq Health Ministry and the High National Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Response for Avian flu.

"It's very important because this is a new disease," said Dr Al Gasseer.

The more cases found, the more the chances for the virus to change and go from human to human - it can create a pandemic.

"That's why we are working very, very closely with the Iraqis to monitor it," she said.

Working in Iraq also entails constant security threats, said Dr Al Gasseer.

The biggest hurdle this poses is restricted movement.

"It is definitely difficult and some areas ...

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She managed to find work for a time at a company partly owned by a man who also had a ba href=/panic disorder/a/b.

He gave her a private office in a house, to make her feel at home and to shield her from the office bustle that could bring on attacks.

But three and a half years into the job, even those accommodations were no longer enough.

Her husband left her, and her 19-year-old daughter, who drove her to work, married and moved out.

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- "All of a sudden the panic attacks got out of control," Post said.

"I don't drive, so I didn't know what I would do." After a year with no job, she came across Willow, an outsourcing company that was starting a program to train at-home workers to take calls for companies like Teleflora and Palm.

Today, she works from home in Deltona, Fla., sets her own working hours and supports herself.

And the panic attacks have subsided.

"It's been a godsend," she said.

Such arrangements are bringing jobs to thousands of people with disabilities, including those with spinal cord injuries and vision loss.

Fast computers and broadband connections have become so inexpensive and reliable that location is now not an issue for certain jobs, like customer service.At the same time, an abundance of technology is available to help disabled people operate computers, like software that lets a blind person use a keyboard instead of a mouse to navigate a program, and voice synthesisers that turn text into sp...