- Panic Disorder: Answers to your most important questions
Panic disorder is a highly treatable condition that involves panic attack symptoms such as a racing heart, difficulty breathing, dizziness, chocking and hot flashes
- Short, intensive cognitive behavioral therapy can ease panic disorder
Key points Panic disorder is marked by recurring panic attacks as well as ongoing fear of these attacks Medications and cognitive therapies are the first-line treatments for panic disorder Cognitive behavioral therapy, the best studied intervention for panic disorder, can also have downstream effects on psychodynamic processes such as attachment and anxiety sensitivity
- My Anxious Mind - American Psychological Association (APA)
My Anxious Mind: A Teen's Guide to Managing Anxiety and Panic is a marvelous book for teens who feel anxious or shy sometimes or find that anxiety or shyness is becoming too frequent and too painful If anxiety is interfering with teens making friends, doing what they want to, asserting themselves, or asking for help, this is the book for them
- Cognitive Therapy for Panic Disorder
In Cognitive Therapy for Panic Disorder, Dr David M Clark demonstrates a brief therapy for alleviating this debilitating anxiety disorder
- Understanding anticipatory anxiety during key life transitions
Key points Graduation season brings both excitement and anxiety as individuals face transitions and uncertainties that can often lead to anticipatory anxiety, which can manifest in emotional and physical symptoms Some individuals may develop an inflated sense of a particular threat’s cost and probability, along with exhibiting hypervigilance Encouraging patients to build more structure
- Aviation incidents amplify fear of flying, but therapy helps people . . .
Like fear of heights or spiders and other situational phobias, fear of flying is disproportionate to the danger involved, may involve intense anxiety or panic attacks, and must persist for at least 6 months
- Collaborative Case Formulation Is Key in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy . . .
An alternative is the individualized case formulation approach to the delivery of CBT This approach is illustrated in Cognitive–Behavioral Therapy for Clients With Anxiety and Panic, a new training DVD in the Specific Treatments for Specific Populations video series released by the American Psychological Association (APA)
- Monitor on Psychology November-December 2025
The Monitor on Psychology (ISSN-1529-4978) is the magazine of the American Psychological Association (APA) and is published 8 times per year—January February combined, March, April May combined, June, July August combined, September, October, and November December combined Publications office, headquarters, and editorial offices are at 750 First St , N E , Washington, DC 20002-4242 APA
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