Treating Anxiety, Phobias and Panic Disorders
... Anxious feelings are common and often occur in every one of us. Taking a test, interviewing for a job, or dealing with a problem at home are all challenging situations that might cause fear, anxiety, ...

Panic Disorder
... What is panic disorder? Fear and anxiety are normal reactions to stressful events in our lives. However, panic disorder is different. Panic disorder strikes without reason, causing sudden attacks of f...

When Panic Strikes
... Fear and anxiety are a normal part of life and sometimes can be helpful. Normal anxiety keeps us alert, helps us perform to the best of our ability, and even helps us avoid dangerous situations. Panic...

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...

Emotion-Regulating Protein Lacking in Panic Disorder
... Three brain areas of panic disorder patients are lacking in a key component of a chemical messenger system that regulates emotion, researchers at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) h...

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...

When Fear Holds Sway
... Panic Disorder Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations,...