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Anxiety Disorder

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.

Listed below are links from the National Institute of Mental Health on different anxiety topics.

Panic Disorder
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder)
Specific Phobias
Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Role of Research in Improving the Understanding and Treatment of Anxiety Disorder
Treatment of Anxiety Disorders
Strategies to Make Treatment More Effective
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For Information About Clinical Trials