gold star treatments

GAD treatments

ellis’s rational-emotive therapy: changes maladaptive assumptions

mindfulness based CBT and acceptance/commitment therapy: breaking down worry

exposure treatments for phobias

systematic desensitization: relaxation training, fear heirarchy, in vivo

flooding: exposure all at one until anxiety subsides

modeling: watching the therapist interact with phobia

SAD treatments

antidepressant dugs: increase serotonin and norepinephrine to reduce anxiety

exposure therapy and social skills/assertiveness training

panic disorder treatments

drug therapies: daily antidepressants to prevent attacks

cognitive behavioral therapy: correct misinterpretations and teach coping skills (2/3 improve)

OCD treatments

exposure and response prevention: experiencing the obsession while not being able to do the compulsion (2/3 improve)

cognitive habituation: repeated think about obsessional thought till they lose their power

serotonin enhancing antidepressants: improve 50-60% of OCD cases

PTSD treatments

prolonged exposure, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, cognitive processing therapy