IPA News

Oct 19, 2013

News from the IPA This page contains late-breaking news on paruresis, extended information on current topics, and archives of previous stories. IPA Freedom Press eZine – December 2024 IPA Freedom Press eZine – November 2024 IPA Freedom Press eZine –...

Press Stories/Media

Oct 19, 2013

Press Stories 2021 Silently facing ‘an ungodly, unmanly thing’Neil Steinberg – Chicago Sun-Times – April 2021 2020 Shy Bladder Syndrome Is a Social Phobia That's More Common and Treatable Than People RealizeDario Sabaghi - Discover Magazine - December 2020...

Literature References

Sep 18, 2013

Literature References Abramovici,I.,and M. Assael. 1981. Psychogenic retention of urine. Psychiatria Clinica 14:196-204. Allen,T.D. 1972. Psychogenic urinary retention. Southern Medical Journal 65:302-304. American Psychiatric Association. 1994. The Diagnostic and...

About Avoidant Paruresis

Sep 18, 2013

About Avoidant Paruresis Written by: Steven Soifer, MSW, Ph.D., George Zgourides, Psy.D., and Joe Himle, MSW, Ph.D. What is Bashful Bladder? Whenever I try to use a public restroom, everything freezes up! No matter how badly I need to go, nothing happens if I’m...

One Year Since

Aug 22, 2004 | Success Stories

One Year Since One Year Since…Telling others…Self Acceptance…and Success Submitted 08-22-2004 –BradK Just got back from my annual one week family fishing trip in northern Minnesota, parents, sister, brother, brother-in-law, wife, daughter, etc. – 11 of us in 3 cabins....