Living with Anxiety DisordersTopics covered include: - What is the disease? - How does the disease function, and how does it affect the body? - How can one recognize the signs and symptoms of the disease? - What causes the disease? - How many people are affected by it? - What treatments are available, and are they effective? What side effects do they have? - How does the disease impact day-to-day living? - What social repercussions can the disease have? - What should one expect going through recovery or as the disease progresses? - How can one help friends and family cope with the disease? - To whom can one go for help? |
Contents
Fear v Anxiety Disorder Whats the Difference? | 1 |
Getting an Evaluation Where to Turn | 13 |
Treatment Therapy and Pills | 29 |
Am I Just Shy? Social Phobia | 57 |
I Just Cant Stop ObsessiveCompulsive Disorder OCD | 73 |
The Memory Haunts Me PostTraumatic Stress Disorder PTSD | 91 |
I Worry All the Time Generalized Anxiety Disorder GAD | 101 |
I Think Im Going to Die Anxiety to the ExtremePanic Disorder | 111 |
Helping Others Cope with Anxiety | 131 |
Paying for Care | 139 |
Appendix 1 | 145 |
Appendix 2 | 169 |
Appendix 3 | 171 |
Glossary | 175 |
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