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Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) | Anxiety
Generalised anxiety disorder (GAD) occurs when a person worries so excessively and uncontrollably that it starts to affect their life. Learn more about GAD.
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Learn the facts about Generalised Anxiety Disorder | WayAhead
Generalised Anxiety Disorder is intense anxiety and worry about a variety of events and issues, and the worry is out of proportion to the situation
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Generalised Anxiety Disorder | Mental Health Online
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BRAVE Self-Help Program - Teen Program
The BRAVE program is an online program that provides teenagers and their parents with information and skills to help cope with worries and anxiety.
Read more on The BRAVE Program website
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BRAVE Self-Help Program - Child Program
The BRAVE Program is a fun, online program that will help you learn ways of coping better with your worries.
Read more on The BRAVE Program website
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Types of anxiety - Beyond Blue - Beyond Blue
There are many types of anxiety, with a range of signs and symptoms. Find out the common signs, symptoms and treatments of several types of anxiety.
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Generalised Anxiety Self-Help Resources - Information Sheets & Workbooks
Self-help resources for generalized anxiety disorder, written by clinical psychologists at the Centre for Clinical Interventions in Perth, Western Australia.
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Social anxiety disorder - myDr.com.au
Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) causes people to feel anxious at the prospect of everyday social interactions and causes symptoms such as trembling and sweating.
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Anxiety - Finding North
People experiencing anxiety disorder usually experience anxiety for much longer than others, and the disorder gets stronger and affects their lives.
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Anxiety and teenagers - ReachOut Parents
Learn about anxiety in teenagers, its types, risk factors and symptoms. Find out how anxiety can affect your teen and how to help an anxious teenager here.
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Psychological therapies for people with generalised anxiety disorder | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Psychological therapy based on CBT principles is effective in reducing anxiety symptoms for short-term treatment of GAD
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GAD | CRUfAD
CONTACT US URGENT CARE About Us Our Research For Patients For Clinicians Select Page Generalised Anxiety Disorder Generalized Anxiety Disorder Pages 266-269 from the Management of Mental Disorders, published by World Health Organization, Sydney
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BRAVE Self-Help Program - Teen Program
The BRAVE program is an online program that provides teenagers and their parents with information and skills to help cope with worries and anxiety.
Read more on The BRAVE Program website
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BRAVE Self-Help Program - Child Program
The BRAVE Program is a fun, online program that will help you learn ways of coping better with your worries.
Read more on The BRAVE Program website
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Valerian for anxiety disorders | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Since only one small study is currently available, there is insufficient evidence to draw any conclusions about the efficacy or safety of valerian compared with placebo or diazepam for anxiety disorders
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A Summary of Anxiety | Ausmed
Anxiety refers to a group of disorders that are collectively the most common mental health condition in Australia. Every person experiences anxiety throughout their lives, but for some, anxiety is constant, overwhelming and interferes with their ability to go about their daily life.
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Social Phobia
Social phobia, the fear of being judged negatively, is often not recognised because patients do not like to talk about their fears. It is also not recognized because clinicians either confuse it with shyness, or judge the secondary depression or substance dependence to be the primary disorder.
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Self-help for anxiety disorders | Cochrane
Authors' conclusions: Self-help may be useful for people who are not able or are not willing to use other services for people with anxiety disorders; for people who can access it, face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy is probably clinically superior
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Compulsions | CRUfAD
CONTACT US URGENT CARE About Us Our Research For Patients For Clinicians Select Page Compulsions OCD Pages 271-276 from the Management of Mental Disorders, published by World Health Organization, Sydney
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e-Mental Health: what you need to know
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