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Collectively, anxiety disorders constitute the world's most common mental health problem. 'Anxiety' begins with a historical overview of the ways in which anxiety disorders have been understood, from the prehistoric era until the present time, examining the disorders from the perspectives of conceptualization, classification, research, and treatment. Subsequent chapters examine these themes in light of our current understanding and approaches to anxiety...

Dan Snow investigates a century of war trauma from WW1 shell shock to modern PTSD. Historian Dan Snow breaks the silence around the devastating impact of war on the mental health of our soldiers. For 100 years, men and women who risked their lives for their country have continued to suffer on their return. In this film for BBC Two, Dan explores the challenge presented by an ongoing mental health crisis among war veterans. Dan discovers how the shell...

We see that stress affects many people--from the overworked and out-of-work, to survivors of suicide and homicide, to Vietnam War veterans who continually re-experience the stress of the battlefield. The program explores the long-term effects of stress and what is known about how to reduce them.

We all have nagging worries--Did I turn off the stove? Did I lock the door?--but for people with obsessive compulsive disorders, these thoughts get stuck, playing over and over in their minds like a broken record. The only way to lower the volume is to perform rituals; behaviors such as constant checking, excessive washing, or extreme hoarding to control the unwanted thoughts. Symptoms can be so severe that that some patients are unable to hold down...

This program shows panic attacks as a symptom of other stress-related conditions--specific phobias, agoraphobia, generalized anxiety disorders--and also as a separate condition. A housewife and businessman tell how panic attacks placed limitations on their daily lives and how they finally sought help and relief. A specialist in behavioral psychotherapy provides professional advice on how to identify panic attacks and what treatments are available....

Resilience is an important psychological concept and a way of coping with stress and catastrophe that we all need. People who lack resilience, who become overwhelmed and distraught with situations that occur in everyday life, often find themselves in a persistent negative mood and may even show signs of mental illness. Focusing on building resilience and adaptive coping skills, this program profiles two young adults as they learn strategies for overcoming...

This program examines the relationship between emotions and health to explore how psychological treatment can improve well-being. It focuses on a teenager with migraine headaches, a dentist trying to decrease his risk for developing heart disease, and a woman with breast cancer.

Toilet flushing, cats, cheese, belly buttons, the number 13 ... our fears and phobias can be as bizarre as they are diverse! But how are our fears created in the first place? And what happens inside our brains when we feel the fear?

Explaining how to assess trauma using the DSM-5®, this video seminar teaches how to apply basic cognitive-behavioral therapy skills to trauma work. It discusses risk and resilience, post-traumatic growth, trauma in children, substance abuse, and ethical issues in trauma work.

Four people suffering from various forms of clinical anxiety explore what it's like to live with this illness.