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Treating Anxiety Disorders, Part 1 (of 6): The Power of Anxiety
Licensed clinical social workers, psychologists, and other therapists can successfully treat disabling anxiety disorders.
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Treating Anxiety Disorders, Part 2 (of 6): Treatment and Recovery: One Patient's Story
A young woman with OCD learns how to manage her OCD and finds out it no longer controls her.
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Treating Anxiety Disorders, Part 3 (of 6): Medications and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Methods clinicians use to treat anxiety disorders: medications (psychopharmacology), cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), complementary treatments
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Treating Anxiety Disorders, Part 4 (of 6): What Is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
A licensed clinical social worker describes how cognitive-behavioral therapy effectively treats anxiety.
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Treating Anxiety Disorders, Part 5 (of 6): Implementing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Details about how to implement cognitive-behavioral therapy in treating anxiety, specifically using exposure and response prevention, cognitive restructuring, behavioral experiments (exposure to anxiety triggers)
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Treating Anxiety Disorders, Part 6 (of 6): Complementary Approaches
How complementary approaches to treating anxiety can be effective, including family therapy, mindfulness (acceptance), exercise, yoga, and breathing.
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Understanding PTSD
PTSD is an illness that people may develop months after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event, including a terrorist attack like 9/11; combat; earthquake, tsunami, hurricane, tornado, or other natural disaster; serious auto or plane accidents; personal assault or abuse; or the sudden death of a loved one.
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Helping a Loved One With PTSD
Support from family and friends is important to the recovery process, but it’s not the cure. Getting better takes hard work, mostly from the person with the disorder, and patience from everyone involved. With appropriate treatment from a mental health professional, a person can learn to manage or overcome PTSD.
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Effective Treatment for PTSD
Effective treatments for PTSD include exposure therapy, including virtual reality treatment, and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), as well as medications. Seeking help is not a sign of weakness.
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PTSD in the General Population
PTSD affects children, as well as men and women who are not in the military. It can occur after experiencing or witnessing a life-threatening event. Rape is the most likely trauma that can end up causing PTSD among men and women. Others include a terrorist attack like 9/11; a natural disaster; serious accidents; personal assault or abuse; or the sudden death of a loved one.
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PTSD in the Military
Men exposed to high levels of combat are likely to experience acute stress and symptoms of PTSD. Women in the military are at high risk for exposure to traumatic events, especially during war. They are also at risk of exposure to sexual harassment, sexual assault, and rape. Also, children with parents deployed in Iraq or Afghanistan show elevations in anxiety and depression.
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Understanding OCD
Obsessive-compulsive disorder, or OCD, is a serious and often debilitating chronic anxiety disorder that causes people to have unwanted and intrusive thoughts, or obsessions. To try to ease their anxiety or distress, people with OCD often repeatedly perform ritualistic behaviors and routines, called compulsions.
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New OCD Treatment Research
Research is ongoing to learn more about OCD and to develop new types of treatment, such as deep brain stimulation for treatment-resistant OCD and high-intensity radiation for people with severe OCD symptoms.
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Treatment for OCD
The two types of treatment for OCD are cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT, and medication. For some people, a combination may be the most effective treatment. Exposure and response prevention, or ERP, is often the most effective form of CBT.
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OCD in Adults
The essential features of adult OCD are recurrent, unwanted obsessions or compulsions that are severe enough to be time consuming; that is, they take more than one hour a day — or they cause marked distress or significant impairment in your daily life.
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OCD in Children
Most children with OCD are diagnosed around age 10, although the disorder can strike children as young as 2 or 3. Boys are more likely to develop OCD before puberty, while girls tend to develop it during adolescence. Unlike adults, children do not always realize that their obsessions and compulsions are excessive.
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Dr. Reid Wilson: Great Value of the ADAA Annual Conference
Dr. Reid Wilson, PhD, Director of the Anxiety Disorders Treatment Center in Chapel Hill and Durham, North Carolina, shares why the ADAA Annual Conference is so valuable for continuing your skills and training.
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Dr. Karen Cassiday's Favorite Conference
Find out why psychologist Dr. Karen Cassiday, Director of the Anxiety & Agoraphobia Treatment Center, Ltd., in Northbrook, Illinois, has been participating in the ADAA Annual Conference for more than 20 years.
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Dr. Darin Dougherty: Reasons to Attend the ADAA Annual Conference
Up close and personal, Conference Chair Darin Dougherty, MD, describes why he attends this important meeting every year.
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Anxiety Stories
A wide range of people share their anxieties and how they manage them, including Sue, a college senior who has found a method of dealing with the pressures of being a student.
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