Anxiety Disorders
Information & Educational Resources
National Institute of Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders
Information about anxiety disorders, including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments. Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has an anxiety disorder.
National Institute of Mental Health: Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Information about Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments. Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has GAD.
National Institute of Mental Health: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
Information about OCD including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments. Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has OCD.
National Institute of Mental Health: Panic Disorder
Information about Panic Disorder including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments. Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has Panic Disorder.
National Institute of Mental Health: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Information about PTSD including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments. Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has PTSD.
National Institute of Mental Health: Social Phobia
Information about Social Phobia including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments. Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has Social Phobia.
Mayo Clinic: Social Anxiety: Definition, symptoms, causes, risk factors, diagnosis, treatments, etc.
On MentalHelp.net
- What is Anxiety?
- Biopsychosocial Model of Anxiety
- Classification & Diagnosis of Anxiety Disorders: includes Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Simple Phobias, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders, and Other Anxiety Disorders
- Anxiety Disorder Theories and Therapies: includes Behavioral Learning Theory and Associated Therapies, Operant Conditioning and Avoidance Learning, Contemporary Views of Behavioral Learning Theory, Behavioral Therapies for Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Theory and Associated Therapies, Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Adjunct Therapies, Pharmacological Treatments
Articles and Teachings on Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders
Also see Anxiety Disorders in Education and Professional Development, MHAP
Prevention and Early Intervention Programs
Kognito: At-Risk for College Students
Treatment Programs
There are a broad range of psychotherapy models and treatment programs that treat anxiety, such as:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavior Therapy
- Computer-Based Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Beating the Blues (for depression and anxiety)
- Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management (CALM) Tools for Living Program
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (primarily for trauma)
- Emotional Brain Training
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction
- Panic Control Treatment (for Panic Disorder)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy for PTSD (for PTSD)
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Transtheoretical Model-Based Stress Management Program
- Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (for trauma)
- Trauma Recovery and Empowerment Model (for female trauma survivors)
- Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (for trauma)
- Taumatic Incident Reduction (for trauma)
On MentalHelp.net
- Anxiety Disorder Theories and Therapies: includes Behavioral Learning Theory and Associated Therapies, Operant Conditioning and Avoidance Learning, Contemporary Views of Behavioral Learning Theory, Behavioral Therapies for Anxiety Disorders, Cognitive Theory and Associated Therapies, Cognitive Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Adjunct Therapies, Pharmacological Treatments
- Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: includes Treatment of Panic Disorder, Treatment for Phobias, Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Treatment for Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Treatment for Obsessive-Compulsive (OC) Disorder and OC Spectrum Disorders
Self-Help Resources
Books
Bourne, Edmund, The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook, New Harbinger Publications, 5th edition, 2011
Chodon, Pema, The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times, Shambhala, 2001
Davis, Martha, The Relaxation and Stress Reduction Workbook, New Harbinger Publications, 6th edition, 2008
Peurifoy, Reneau Z., Anxiety, Phobias, and Panic, Warner Books, 2005
Videos
Video Series on the Top 10 Phobias: the series covers the top 10 phobias; descriptions of arachnophobia, sociophobia, aerophobia, agoraphobia, claustrophobia, emetophobia, acrophobia, cancerphobia, brontophobia; and how to overcome each of these 10 phobias.
Videos on Fears and Phobias: including Social Anxiety Disorder, How to Cure a Phobia the NLP Way, How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking, etc.
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