Resources for Anxiety Disorders

Recommended Reading

In a study published recently in a leading psychology journal, Stop Obsessing!: How to Overcome Your Obsessions and Compulsions (Revised Edition) by Drs. Edna Foa and Reid Wilson, was ranked number 5 among 50 top-selling psychology self-help books. Using a 0-100 scale, a panel of expert psychologists rated each book along several dimensions, including overall usefulness, the book's grounding in present psychological science, and the degree to which the book promotes reasonable expectations of improvement. In addition, the raters examined the extent to which the book offers specific guidance for implementing the self-help techniques, the monitoring of treatment progress, and whether the book offers advice that is potentially harmful. Ratings for the fifty books ranged from 19 to 95, with higher scores signifying better overall quality. Stop Obsessing! was given a rating of 90, which was among the top scores.

Source: Redding, RE, et al. (2008). Popular self-help books for anxiety, depression, and trauma: How scientifically grounded and useful are they? Professional Psychology: Research and Practice 39 (5): 537-545.

Treatment Centers

• Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
• Yale Child Study Center Tourette Syndrome/Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Clinic

Partners

• Columbia University OCD Clinic
• Institute of Living, Anxiety Disorders Center
• Women Organized Against Rape America's first rape crisis center located in Philadelphia

Organizations Offering Referrals

• International OCD Foundation
• Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
• National Alliance on Mental Illness, PA, Main Line