Educational Resources: Anxiety Disorders

Information and Resources

Research and Scholarly Articles

Presentations, Videos, & Teachings

Anxiety Disorders, National Institute of Mental Health:
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.

Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders on MentalHelp.net: information and resources on anxiety.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, National Institute of Mental Health: 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.

Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Mayo Clinic: Definition, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Causes, Treatments, etc.

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), National Institute of Mental Health:
Information about OCD including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments.  Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has OCD.

Panic Disorder, National Institute of Mental Health:
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.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), National Institute of Mental Health:
Information about PTSD including causes, signs & symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatments.  Includes information about clinical trials and living with someone that has PTSD.

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Mayo Clinic: Definition, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Causes, Treatments, etc.

Social Phobia, National Institute of Mental Health: 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.

Social Anxiety, Mayo Clinic: Definition, Symptoms, Risk Factors, Causes, Treatments, etc.

Also, see Anxiety Resource Page, MHAP

Systematic Review Library of NREPP
Includes systematic reviews of research on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Glenn, Daniel E. (2013), Who Gets the Most Out of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety Disorders? The Role of Treatment Dose and Patient Engagement, Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.

Zbozinek, Tomislav D. et al. (2012), Diagnostic Overlap of Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder in a Primary Care Sample, Depression and Anxiety, v. 29, no. 12, Dec. 2012, p. 1065-1071

Campbell-Sills, Laura et al. (2012), Effects of Co-Occurring Depression on Treatment for Anxiety Disorders: Analysis of Outcomes from a Large primary Care Effectiveness Trial, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, v. 73, no. 12, Dec. 2012, p. 1509-1516.

Cryan, John and Sweeeney, Fabian (2011), The Age of Anxiety: Role of Animal Models of Anxiolytic Action in Drug Discovery, British Journal of Pharmacology, Vol. 164, No. 4, p. 1129-1161, Oct. 2011

Selected Abstracts of the 25th Annual Conference of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, March 17–20, 2005, Seattle, Washington in Depression and Anxiety, Vol. 22, Issue 4, p. 190-249, 2005

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Depression and Anxiety Disorders: Systematic Review Library, NREPP

Open.Michigan Education (M2 Curriculum): Psychiatry Curriculum covering a range of topics: psychiatric classification, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality and personality disorders, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, suicide, psychotropic medications, substance abuse, psychotherapy, mental status exam, etc.

Turning Fear into Fuel: Jonathan Fields at TEDxCMU 2010

Anxiety: Hibernate, Adapt or Migrate: Summer Beretsky at TEDxWilliamsport

Social Anxiety Documentary: Afraid of People from Freedom from Fear (56 minutes in length)

Anxiety Disorder Video Channel on Health Guru (9 videos)