Anxiety Disorders

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.

Each anxiety disorder has its own distinct features, but they are all bound together by the common theme of excessive, irrational fear and dread.

Social Anxiety Disorder

Specific Phobias

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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Panic Disorder

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

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NIH Publication No. 02-3879
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