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Panic Disorder and Anxiety

Essay

Childhood Trauma Is More Common Than You Think. This School-Based Intervention Can Help

A program developed at RAND helps children exposed to trauma confront and subdue their stress and anxiety. The program grew out of the 1990s street violence of South Los Angeles and has since helped kids from Newtown to Fukushima. Researchers are tailoring this intervention for children in Puerto Rico whose lives were upended by hurricanes.

Apr 23, 2019
Tool

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools, or CBITS, helps students who have experienced significant trauma. The program focuses on decreasing symptoms related to trauma exposure, managing stress and anxiety, and building peer and caregiver support.

Nov 15, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

SOVA: Design of a Stakeholder Informed Social Media Website for Depressed Adolescents and Their Parents

An online behavioral intervention for depressed adolescents and parents includes two moderated social media websites (one for adolescents, one for parents); both use similar content and both leverage the benefits of social media tools.

Jun 28, 2018
Research Brief

Mental and Emotional Health Among U.S. Active-Duty Service Members

The 2015 Health Related Behaviors Survey asked active-duty service members about mental health indicators, social and emotional factors associated with mental health, sexual assault and physical abuse history, non-suicidal self-injury, suicidality, and use of mental health services.

Jun 21, 2018
Report

Report

Charting Progress: U.S. Military Non-Medical Counseling Programs

This chartbook summarizes findings from an evaluation of two programs offered by the DoD that provide solution-focused counseling for common personal and family issues to members of the active and reserve components of the U.S. military and their families.

Apr 27, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Cultural Influences on Mental Health Symptoms in a Primary Care Sample of Latinx Patients

Latinx have similar diagnostic profiles to non-Latinx whites when entering treatment for anxiety, but cultural differences in patient perceptions and expression of symptoms may shape providers' conceptualization and decisionmaking when working with Latinx.

Apr 18, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Benefits and Harms of Cranial Electrical Stimulation for Chronic Painful Conditions, Depression, Anxiety, and Insomnia: A Systematic Review

There is insufficient evidence that cranial electronic stimulation has clinically important effects on fibromyalgia, headache, neuromusculoskeletal pain, joint pain, depression, or insomnia; low-strength evidence suggests a modest benefit for anxiety and depression.

Mar 22, 2018
Infographic

Helping Military Families: A Look at Non-Medical Counseling Programs in the U.S. Military

A recent evaluation of the military's non-medical counseling programs suggests that they help military personnel and their families. Participants gave the programs favorable ratings, and most reported improvement over a three-month period.

Jan 16, 2018
Report

Report

An Evaluation of U.S. Military Non-Medical Counseling Programs

This report evaluates two programs offered by the U.S. Department of Defense that provide solution-focused counseling for common personal and family issues to members of the active and reserve components of the U.S. military and their families.

Oct 23, 2017
Research Brief

Research Brief

U.S. Military Non-Medical Counseling Programs Demonstrate Benefits for Participants

RAND's evaluation of Military and Family Life Counseling and Military OneSource, based on participant surveys, suggests that these programs are largely effective for service members and families who have used these services.

Oct 23, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Standardization of Health Outcomes Assessment for Depression and Anxiety: Recommendations from the ICHOM Depression and Anxiety Working Group

Experts and patient advocates developed recommendations for an internationally standardized dataset to measure patient-reported outcomes for depression and anxiety disorders.

Sep 6, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Age Differences in Death and Suicidal Ideation in Anxious Primary Care Patients

One in three older adults with anxiety reported feeling like they were better off dead, which underscores the importance of assessing for suicidality in this population during primary care visits.

Aug 31, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Acupuncture for the Treatment of Adults with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

A systematic review found little support for promoting acupuncture as an evidence-based treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.

May 30, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Advancing Personalized Medicine: Application of a Novel Statistical Method to Identify Treatment Moderators in the Coordinated Anxiety Learning and Management Study

Individual characteristics (treatment moderators) advance personalized medicine by helping providers assign patients to the most effective treatment; composite moderators have much stronger effects than any individual moderator.

May 4, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Chronic Physical Health Conditions and Emotional Problems From Early Adolescence Through Midadolescence

Screening youth with chronic health conditions for symptoms of depression or anxiety may help reduce adverse outcomes from these conditions.

Apr 26, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Collaborative Mental Health Care for Pediatric Behavior Disorders in Primary Care: Does It Reduce Mental Health Care Costs?

Doctor-office collaborative care is more cost-effective than enhanced usual care for treating children with behavioral problems in primary care settings.

Apr 18, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Adolescents' Stigma Attitudes Toward Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders

Vietnamese-American adolescents who feel a sense of family and filial obligation may be less likely to stigmatize people with depression and social anxiety.

Mar 15, 2017
Commentary

Outside-the-Box Solutions to Mental Health Problems

Many innovative ways to deliver mental health services in the UK aim to benefit individuals, industry, government, and the economy.

Oct 19, 2016
News Release

News Release

Potential Impact of Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on People with Mental Health Needs

Online platforms or mobile applications designed to help tackle mental health illnesses such as depression, anxiety, or insomnia have grown significantly in the past two years and have had a positive impact on users.

Oct 19, 2016
Report

Report

Review of computerised cognitive behavioural therapies: Products and outcomes for people with mental health needs

This report provides an overview and explores the potential of mental health tools which aim to combine the principles of talking therapies with recent developments in information and communication technologies.

Oct 18, 2016

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RAND Topic:
Panic Disorder and Anxiety

Topic Synonyms:
Panic Attacks