Anxiety Disorders

Carolyn Daitch, PhD, directs a specialized anxiety treatment center in Michigan, and that clinical depth shows throughout this 2011 W. W. Norton guide. She covers generalized anxiety, panic, specific phobias, social anxiety, and OCD — addressing what each condition is, how it presents, and which treatment approaches work, including CBT, mindfulness, medications, and lifestyle factors. Case examples make the clinical content concrete, and her honest guidance on which techniques are appropriate for self-use versus therapist-guided work is genuinely helpful. One honest note: OCD is classified here as an anxiety disorder, which reflects pre-DSM-5 taxonomy. For adults wanting a credible, organized overview of anxiety treatment, this remains a solid choice even at fourteen years old.