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Anxiety disorders

Anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. It can help you cope with a hard situation. For example, anxiety helps one deal with a deadline at the office or can push you to study for a test. But when anxiety becomes an extreme, irrational dread of everyday situations, it can be disabling. Anxiety disorders include:

• Generalized anxiety disorder
• Obsessive compulsive disorder
• Panic disorder
• Social phobia (or social anxiety disorder)
• Specific phobias

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• Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - This detailed booklet describes the symptoms, causes, and treatments of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. It also provides information on getting help and coping.
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Connect with other organizations

• Attention Deficit Disorder Association
  http://www.add.org/
• Attention Deficit Disorder Resources
  http://www.addresources.org/
• Children and Adults With Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder
  http://www.chadd.org/
• Feingold Association of the United States
  http://www.feingold.org/
• Learning Disabilities Association of America
  http://www.ldaamerica.org/
• Mental Health America
  http://www.nmha.org/
• National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, CDC
  http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/index.html
• National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, HHS
  http://www.nimh.nih.gov

Content last updated March 29, 2010.

Resources last updated March 29, 2010.

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