Treatment

Updated October 2020

What You Need to Know About Treatment and Medication Options 

Karen Martinez, MD, MSc

Anxiety is a natural emotion that directs our attention to possible threats.  Although we certainly need anxiety to survive, it sometimes can be a burden.

Dr. Elisabetta Burchi and Dr. Eric Hollander

Introduction

Patricia Thornton, PhD

So, you’re a failure. Fine. Get on with your life! In my work as a psychologist treating anxiety disorders, I’ve learned that often an underlying driving fear in my patients is the worry that they are failures.

Alison R. Alden & Julieanne Pojas

Kids and teens often react with anger to the prospect of facing their fears.

Beth Salcedo, MD

Updated October 2020

Karen Cassiday

Many people wonder if their therapy is really helping them overcome their problem. Why? They often have therapists who tell them that they are doing well, but their therapist does not make clear to them what they mean by making progress.

Paul Holtzheimer, MD

Focal brain stimulation techniques are potentially powerful tools for the investigation and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders. These approaches include transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), and deep brain stimulation among others.

Aarti Gupta, PsyD

We are in the home stretch of a prolonged, caustic, and shocking presidential campaign season.

Angela Neal-Barnett, PhD

More than 40 million adults in the United States suffer from some form of anxiety.