Medications
... This booklet is designed to help mental health patients and their families understand how and why medications can be used as part of the treatment of mental health problems. It is important for you to...

Anxiety Disorders
... Anxiety disorders are serious medical illnesses that affect approximately 19 million American adults.1 These disorders fill people's lives with overwhelming anxiety and fear. Unlike the relatively...

The Numbers Count
... Mental Disorders in America Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated 22.1 percent of Americans ages 18 and older—about 1 in 5 adults—suffer from a diagnos...

Gene Hunting
... Many years of research have demonstrated that vulnerability to mental illnesses—such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, early-onset depression, anxiety disorders, autism, and attention deficit hype...

Alcohol Researchers Relate a Genetic Factor to Anxiety in Women
... Researchers have identified a genetic factor that appears to influence anxiety in women. Combining DNA analysis, recordings of brain activity, and psychological tests, investigators at the National In...

Escaping the Prison of a Past Trauma: New Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
... by Tamar Nordenberg January 18 marks the anniversary of a mighty adrenaline rush for Kellie Greene. She went sky diving on that day last year, in search of a high-flying thrill to overwhelm her trauma...

Anxiety Disorder
... Anxiety is often manifested in individuals at various times during cancer screening, diagnosis, treatment, or recurrence. It can sometimes affect a person's behavior regarding his or her health, c...