Anxiety Disorders Treatment

Panic Disorder Treatment

Panic Disorder is an Anxiety Disorder characterized by the presence of panic attacks that come unexpectedly, “out of the blue”. Most people who suffer from these highly distressing symptoms later develop Agoraphobia which is the fear of being in places where escape can be difficult or embarrassing or where help may not be available if a panic attack occurs...read more

Specific Phobia Disorder Treatment

Specific Phobia is characterized by the presence of a severe and persistent fear of a particular object or situation (e.g. flights, dogs, driving, medical procedures, enclosed places). Most people identify these fears as unreasonable or excessive. These fears interfere with the person’s life, academically, socially or with their occupational functioning. The person also experiences anticipatory anxiety when they encounter these situations or objects. Therefore, these situations are likely to be avoided or endured with significant distress...read more

Social Anxiety Disorder Treatment

Social Anxiety Disorder is characterized by severe and persistent distress in one or many types of social situations (e.g. speak to an authority figure, go to a party). The person fears feeling embarrassed and is likely to either avoid these anxiety provoking situations or endures them with significant distress. Additionally, the person may also experience intense anxiety when needing to do performance related activities (e.g. give a speech, teach a class). Social Anxiety Disorder (also known as Social Phobia) highly interferes with the person’s academic, social, romantic, and professional life...read more

Generalized Anxiety Disorder Treatment

Generalized Anxiety Disorder is characterized by persistent and severe anxiety and worry. The person is worried about “everything and anything”. Their worries are not proportional to the severity or to the likelihood of the feared event. They may worry about work problems, household chores, the health or safety of loved ones, their future or the future of family members, etc. ...read more

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Treatment

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an Anxiety Disorder that is the result of having experienced (or having been the witness of) an extreme situation or situations where the physical integrity of themselves or others was at stake. The person experienced at that time feelings of helplessness, horror or terror...read more

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