LA Times: Traffic taking a toll on psychic health, experts say
By Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
June 8, 2008
As society hurtles forward in an age of instant messaging and one-click shopping, motorists paradoxically find themselves moored between bumpers for hours a day, with a psychic toll that experts are still trying to tally.
Dr. Laura Pinegar, a Long Beach psychologist who treats depression and panic disorders, hears a growing number of complaints about traffic anxiety in her practice.
How traffic jams occur:
