Panic Disorder | Anxiety and Depression Association of America, ADAA

Why Does Anxiety Hit us Where it Hurts?

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 14:12

It seems as though anxiety picks the worst times to torment us. But it’s important to recognize that the content of worries, panic, or OCD changes as our lives change.

5 Tips for Using Interoceptive Exposure to Face Your Fears

Wednesday, December 20, 2023 - 05:36

Fear is one of the six basic human emotions, with a clear evolutionary purpose: to help us respond to danger and survive. In Exposure Therapy, providers create a safe environment to intentionally “expose” their clients to objects, activities, or situations they fear.

Is it Danger or Discomfort? Tips for Handling Panic!

Monday, July 10, 2023 - 09:15

Panic isn’t what you think it is. It’s not an attack at all, and that’s a misleading name for it. It’s you having an internal reaction of fear – your heart rate changes, your muscles tense up, your stomach feels bad, you have scary thoughts of calamities, and so on.

Are the Kids Really Alright? Troubling Headlines, Teenage Girls, and Declining Mental Health

Are the Kids Really Alright? Teenage Girls, and Declining Mental Health Karen Martinez Gonzalez

Thursday, April 20, 2023 - 15:58

The headlines and the CDC report are indeed alarming, but they should serve as a wakeup call to all of us. Yes, we should think seriously about why we are seeing a steep decline in the mental health of teenage girls, but we have to come together now as parents, family, friends, educators, clinicians, providers, and as a society to support, enhance and establish more preventive measures for our youth.

Overcoming Agoraphobia - Q&A

Friday, May 13, 2022 - 13:29

A Q&A with ADAA Member Karen Cassiday, PhD, ACT answering community questions on overcoming agoraphobia.

How I Learned to Stop Avoiding Life

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 - 15:18

This blog was originally posted on Ten Percent Happier on April 22, 2022 and is reprinted here with permission

How to Deal with Your COVID-19 Stress, Anxiety & OCD

Dr. Lindsay Israel

Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 12:46

If you engage in some positive distracting activities during this crisis, then the flow of the day will move like a steady stream rather than a slow drip.

Finding Calm in the Middle of the COVID19 Storm When You Have Panic Attacks and Agoraphobia

Karen Cassiday, PhD

Friday, April 3, 2020 - 09:46

What if you have the kind of anxiety that makes you feel trapped and panicky because of the stay at home orders due to COVID-19?

3 Things Your College Kid Must Know About Mental Health

Shane G. Owens

Monday, August 15, 2016 - 11:32

College is typically a challenging experience with some expected highs and lows. For some it is also the time during which common mental health problems start. Because of this, you have to talk to your kid about mental health before school starts.

Panic Attack or Heart Attack?

Reid Wilson, PhD, and Mark Pollack, MD

Tuesday, July 21, 2015 - 16:14

Updated October 2020

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