This year a clinical trial will test a drug combination designed to bring lasting relief for people with panic disorder – a condition that can upend daily life and be notoriously difficult to treat.

Panic attacks are sudden bouts of intense fear without an obvious cause. An estimated 10% of people experience at least one panic attack in their lifetime. But between 2% and 3% of the population have ...

Mental health professionals are discovering that the songs from your past might be more effective at treating anxiety than traditional therapeutic approaches. What started as casual observations about ...

New research shows that 30-second bursts of intense cardio can reduce panic symptoms by teaching your nervous system that ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD A new randomized trial shows that short bursts of supervised high-intensity exercise may retrain the brain’s fear response to bodily sensations, offering a scalable and engaging ...

Using exercise as exposure therapy helped people with panic disorder reduce feelings of distress and anxiety, in a new study.

“I felt trapped in my head … overwhelmed with everything,” says Jen Lancaster of the anxiety that plagued since she was a child. “I couldn’t control the racing thoughts, because I didn't know racing ...

In 2013, Hazelden Publishing, the book-production arm of the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation, the famous Minnesota-based treatment center for drug and alcohol addiction, released a book called White ...