Anxiety Disorder Overview
Anxiety is one of the most common personal problems in our society, and it takes many forms. The correct treatment varies depending on the source and manifestation of anxiety.
SummerSmith has found success in anxiety disorder treatment partly through thorough information for clients. To get a very complete overview of anxiety disorders, including a variety of ideas about treatment, read and/or download the pdf created by the National Institute of Mental Health called simply Anxiety Disorders (you will need Adobe Acrobat to download).
This 37-page document goes into detail on six anxiety disorder types: panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia, specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder.
Below, we include the introduction from this NIMH document.
Publication information:
Anxiety Disorders
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
http://www.nimh.nih.gov
Anxiety Disorders
Introduction
Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults. These disorders fill people's lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear.
Unlike the relatively mild, brief anxiety caused by a stressful event such as a business presentation or a first date, anxiety disorders are chronic, relentless, and can grow progressively worse if not treated. Effective treatments for anxiety disorders are available, and research is yielding new, improved therapies that can help most people with anxiety disorders lead productive, fulfilling lives.
If you think you have an anxiety disorder, you should seek information and treatment. This brochure will help you identify the symptoms of anxiety disorders, explain the role of research in understanding the causes of these conditions, describe effective treatments, help you learn how to obtain treatment and work with a doctor or therapist, and suggest ways to make treatment more effective.
The anxiety disorders discussed in this brochure are panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, social phobia (or social anxiety disorder), specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder. Each anxiety disorder has its own distinct features, but they are all bound together by the common theme of excessive, irrational fear and dread.
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) supports scientific investigation into the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of anxiety disorders and other mental illnesses. The NIMH mission is to reduce the burden of mental illness through research on mind, brain, and behavior. NIMH is a component of the National Institutes of Health, which is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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