The Sky Is Falling: Understanding and Coping With Phobias, Panic, and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders This is a terrific book to start out with if you are dealing with anxiety attacks. It's the first book I read, mainly ...

A helpful and practical guide to working on issues of anxiety and phobias, for anyone who's ready to take their treatment to the next level. It provides step-by-step exercises, helping you learn about relaxation, exposure ...

Panic Attacks Workbook: A Guided Program for Beating the Panic Trick Panic is an insidious trick that makes you fear simple, everyday things: driving, shopping, socializing, traveling and more. The first attack comes out of nowhere, ...

Depression and anxiety are prevalent problems in colleges across the country. “There is no question that all of the national surveys we have at our fingertips show a distinct rise in the number of mental ...

A top scientific adviser to the U.K. government is advising depressed people to forget drugs and take up lifestyle changes such as smiling and eating seaweed. Jane A. Plant is a professor of geochemistry at Imperial ...

Optimism usually is viewed as a desirable attribute, but many believe it is really only helpful if it is realistic. Dr. Martin Seligman, former president of the American Psychological Association and legendary researcher in the ...

Anxiety is a well-understood and readily treated condition. There are many different kinds of specific anxiety disorders, ranging from generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) to panic attacks. The below treatment options cover general anxiety disorders and ...

Many people mistakenly believe that most depressed people have no energy. But that is not always the case, as some people with depression often experience one form or another of anxiety. Depression and anxiety ...

With every new act, Brian distanced himself from the past: His father, explosive and often unemployed, had pounded him with names like "moron" and "jerk." His life on the streets beyond the family's Bronx apartment ...

A routine visit to a doctor or dentist raises anxieties in almost all children. While most take the necessary pokes and needle sticks in stride, or become upset only on occasion, a few toddlers and ...

It is estimated that millions of people in the U.S. suffer from imaginary illnesses, including a rise in recent years in food intolerances. Are we really a nation of hypochondriacs? The "worried well," it would ...

Researchers have found that work is not always conducive to good mental health. Dr. Maria Melchior of the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College, London, UK and colleagues suggest that reducing work stress levels could prevent the ...

There is much evidence that strong friendships and relationships can positively influence health. But if you tend to become anxious in social settings, you may not be gaining the potential benefits. Social phobia or anxiety ...

Surveys show that many people with major depression also have an anxiety disorder, while half of anxiety-disorder sufferers also have symptoms of clinical depression. Now there's evidence of genetic commonalities between the two conditions. It's an ...

My first memory of emotional abuse was when I was three years old. Mum left me with the next door neighbour who was the local flasher. He didn't think anything of showing himself to ...