ANXIETY DISORDERS

Course overview

Anxiety Disorders is a course is based on a publication of the National Institute of Mental Health about anxiety disorders. It is written in simple terms and reviews symptoms, etiology, effective treatments, and ways in which a client can make their therapy and doctor's visits more productive. Specifically, this publication discusses panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, post traumatic stress disorder, social phobias, specific phobias, and generalized anxiety disorder. Although each disorder has features that are unique, there are common elements in all of them such as excessive and irrational fear. This publication is an excellent primer for mental health professionals and provides the practitioner with a great deal of much needed information. The course is targeted for beginning and intermediate practitioners. Learning Objectives: This course will provide a professional with a review of anxiety disorders in general as well as details about specific anxiety disorders. Specifically, a professional will: Demonstrate knowledge about the symptoms and etiology of anxiety disorders Display an increased understanding of the methods of effective treatments for anxiety disorders Demonstrate knowledge of therapeutic techniques to teach clients so that the clients can increase their success in treatment About the Author/s: National Institute of Mental Health