Anxiety

URL of this page: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/anxiety.html

From the National Institutes of Health
• Anxiety Disorders (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/anxiety.cfm

Overviews
• Anxiety Disorders (Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications//allpubs/ken98-0045/default.asp

Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Anxiety Screening Tools (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/Public/ScreeningTool.cfm

Treatment
• Anxiety Disorders Information: Guide to Treatment (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/GuidetoTre.cfm
• Anxiety Disorders Information: Medications (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/Medications.cfm
• Anxiety Disorders: The Role of Psychotherapy in Effective Treatment (American Psychological Association) - http://helping.apa.org/articles/article.php?id=46
• Medications (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/medicate.cfm

Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Anxiety Disorders (National Institutes of Health) - http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D001008&recruiting;=true
• Clinical Trials: Anxiety Disorders (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/studies/1anxdis.cfm

Specific Conditions
• Conversion Disorder (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00622
• Feeling of Unreality (Depersonalization) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00595
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/gadfacts.cfm
• Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD), A Real Illness (National Institute of Mental Health) - Links to PDF File - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/NIMHgad.pdf
  Also available in Spanish - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/spgad4677.pdf
• Mass Psychogenic Illness (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/648.xml
• Social Phobia (Social Anxiety Disorder) (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/SocialPhobia.cfm

Disease Management
• Exercise Eases Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=MH00043

Coping
• Anxiety Disorders Information: Helping a Family Member (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/HelpingFamilyMem.cfm
• Coping with Anxiety During High Risk Terrorist Alerts (American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.psych.org/news_room/press_releases/copingwithanxietyduringhighalerts021203.pdf
• Successful Strategies for Test Anxiety (Freedom from Fear) - http://www.freedomfromfear.com/aanx_factsheet.asp?id=28

Related Issues
• Anxiety & Panic: Gaining Control Over How You're Feeling (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/013.xml
• Anxiety Disorders (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/adfacts.cfm
• Traveling with Children -- Tips for Parents (American Psychiatric Association) - Links to PDF File - http://www.psych.org/news_room/press_releases/0327travelingwithchildren.pdf

Research
• Study Reports Prevalence and Co-Occurrence of Alcohol, Drug, Mood and Anxiety Disorders (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/niaaa02a.htm

Genetics
• Alcohol Researchers Relate a Genetic Factor to Anxiety in Women (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) - http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/mar2003/niaaa-01.htm

Dictionaries/Glossaries
• ADAA - Glossary (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/Subitems/Glossary.cfm

Directories
• Anxiety Disorders: Self-Help Support Groups (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/Public/SELFHELP.cfm
• Finding a Professional (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/Public/Find.cfm

Organizations
• American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - http://www.aacap.org/
• American Psychiatric Association - http://www.psych.org/
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America - http://www.adaa.org/
• National Institute of Mental Health - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
• National Mental Health Association - http://www.nmha.org/

Law and Policy
• Anxiety in the Workplace (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/workplace.cfm

Statistics
• Numbers Count: Mental Disorders in America (National Institute of Mental Health) - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/numbers.cfm
• Statistics and Facts about Anxiety Disorders (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/mediaroom/index.cfm

Children
• Anxiety Disorders in Children and Adolescents (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/FHFYC.cfm
• Anxiety Medication and Kids (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/AMK.cfm
• Being Afraid (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/kid/feeling/emotion/afraid.html
• Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders (Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/CA-0007/default.asp
• Coping with Anxiety, Fears and Phobias (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/anxiety.html
• How Families Can Help Children Cope with Fear and Anxiety (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) - http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/Ca-0022/default.asp
• Selective Mutism: When the Words Just Won't Come Out (American Osteopathic Association) - http://www.osteopathic.org/index.cfm?PageID=you_mute
• Separation Anxiety (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/family/separation_anxiety.html

Teenagers
• All about Anxiety (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/teen/your_mind/mental_health/anxiety.html
• Body Dysmorphic Disorder (Nemours Foundation) - http://kidshealth.org/parent/emotions/feelings/body_dysmorphic.html

Seniors
• Anxiety in the Elderly (Anxiety Disorders Association of America) - http://www.adaa.org/AnxietyDisorderInfor/AnxietyElderly.cfm

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:
• Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/obsessivecompulsivedisorder.html
• Panic Disorder - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/panicdisorder.html
• Phobias - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html
• Stress - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/stress.html
• Mental Health and Behavior - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mentalhealthandbehavior.html

The primary NIH organization for research on Anxiety is the National Institute of Mental Health - http://www.nimh.nih.gov/

Page last updated: 04 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 06 August 2004