Anxiety

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. In general, it helps one cope, but when anxiety becomes an excessive, irrational dread of everyday situations, it has become a disabling disorder. Five major types of anxiety disorders are: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Panic Disorder, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD),and Social Phobia (or Social Anxiety Disorder). Effective treatments for anxiety disorders are available, and research is yielding new, improved therapies that can help most people with anxiety disorders lead productive, fulfilling lives.

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Services and Programs

• Family Outreach Center and Disability Services
  Disability-specific programs associated with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and other organizations at Vanderbilt provide a broad range of treatment, research, technical assistance, education, and outreach services.
• Behavior Analysis Clinic
  The Behavior Analysis Clinic assesses behavioral problems and individually tailors intervention plans to meet the needs of families and care providers.

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Upcoming Events

• November, 18 2009
  Neuroscience Graduate Seminar Series: Serotonin Modulation of Brain Development: Impact on Affective- and Anxiety-Related Adult Phenotypes

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StudyFinder - Participate in a study related to Anxiety

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers need subjects to complete the studies listed below.

• Childhood Stuttering
• Parenting Children and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
• Tried an Antidepressant? Still depressed?

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Video, Podcast and Images

• Psychosocial and Biological Markers of Stress in the Lives of Mothers of Adolescents and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders
  Marsha Mailick Seltzer, Ph.D., presented at the October, 2009 Lecture on Developmental Disabilities at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
• Pediatric Anxiety - Current and Future Approaches to Therapeutics
  Lecture by Daniel Pine, M.D., at the Special Lecture on Development and Developmental Disabilities held on March 26, 2009.

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In the News

• Times Online: How to survive the global panic

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