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Anxiety and Depression

People experiencing anxiety and depression can feel isolated and alone, but they aren’t. Depression affects 15 million people in the United States each year, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Anxiety disorders affect an estimated 40 million people annually, says the Anxiety Disorder Association of America. This guide will help you understand these disorders, learn about the many available treatment options and reassure you that you aren’t alone.

What are Anxiety and Depression?

For years, many people believed depression was just feeling sad or out of sorts, and anxious people ... read more »

Anxiety and Depression Risk Factors

No one is immune to depression or anxiety, but certain groups, such as teens, the elderly and new ... read more »

Symptoms of Anxiety and Depression

If you’re having trouble managing your emotions but aren’t sure if it’s temporary or severe, taking the time to evaluate how you feel can help put things into perspective. And while the idea of looking for help may be daunting, the Web can provide some guidance. This section provides questionnaires for self-evaluation and sites that discuss how to find and choose professional help.

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  • Questionnaires on the Web can help you evaluate yourself or someone you know, but don’t forget that their results are meant to provide guidelines for speaking with your doctor, not a diagnosis.

Video Reference

This video highlights some of the major symptoms and warning signs of anxiety and depression.

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For depression screening tests …
The NYU Medical Center Department of Psychiatry offers a depression screening test. This test isn’t meant to provide a diagnosis, but it may help you clarify how you are feeling.
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Depression-screening.org , sponsored by the National Mental Health Association, offers a screening test that scales your results according to the number of positive responses.
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For anxiety screening tests …
The California Psychology Network offers this multiple choice/true or false quiz and provides fairly detailed feedback about your responses.
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PsychCentral offers a quiz to evaluate your level of anxiety. Sign up as a member to save your results; that way, you can compare them later if you think you’re feeling better or worse. The test is based on information in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders,” the standard book for mental healthcare professionals in North America.
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Anxiety and Depression Treatment

There are many types of depression and anxiety, so there isn’t one treatment that will help ... read more »

Finding a Therapist to Treat Anxiety or Depression

Finding a counselor or therapist isn’t always easy and may call for some detective work. Not ... read more »

Depression and Anxiety Crisis Hotlines

In this section, you’ll find some Web sites that provide 24-hour a day, 7-days a week ... read more »

Support for Anxiety and Depression

It’s easy to feel alone when you’re battling a mental illness like depression or ... read more »

Anxiety and Depression News and Research

Research is ongoing to try to find ways to manage these two groups of mental illness. This section ... read more »

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