Internet Resources on Phobias and Panic Disorder

by
Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD

Center for Biomedical Informatics
State University of Campinas, Brazil

General

• Internet Mental Health: Disorders
• Mental Health Net:
• Internet Resources on Anxiety. Including agoraphobia, anxiety, fears, panic attacks and phobias.
• Anxiety Disorders MiniSite
• The Anxiety-Panic Internet Resource (TAPIR)
• Mining Co. Guide on Panic & Anxiety Disorders
• The Phobias and Related Anxiety Disorders SIG of the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy
• Anxiety Disorders Education Program, National Institute of Mental Health (USA)
• Phobias
• Library: Anxiety Disorders
• Bibliography on Anxiety Disorders
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• The Phobia List by Fred Culbertson
• Phobias. HealthGuide OnLine
• Phobias. American Psychiatry Association.
• Anxiety and Phobias (The Royal College of Psychiatrists)
• What are phobias ? Phobia self-test (Anxiety Disorders Association of America)
• Consumer Information and Professional Information. Anxiety, Panic and Phobic Disorders: Mental Health InfoSource: Ask the Expert Archives.
• Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
• Newsgroup: alt.support.phobias - Anxiety and phobias support group
• Newsgroup: alt.support.anxiety-panic - Anxiety and panic disorders support group

Agoraphobia

• Agoraphobia: Diagnosis & Complications, OnLine Diagnosis Test, Cause and Treatment (Internet Mental Health)
• Agoraphobia (TAPIR)
• Net Links on Agoraphobia (Mining Co. Panic Disorder)
• Agoraphobia Symptoms  (Mental Health Net)
• Agarophobia (Internet Mental Health)
• What is Agoraphobia, by Jeff Neyman
• Agoraphobia: Definition, causes, prevention, symptoms, signs, tests, treatment, expectations and complications. From HealthAnswers
• Agoraphobia Basic information, including a mailing list and bulletin board. From HealthGuide Online.

Social Phobia

• Social Phobia: a site by Lisa Moore, contains the Soc-Phob Mailing List Archives, FAQ, etc.
• Social Phobia: Research and Treatment, OnLine Diagnosis Test (Internet Mental Health)
• Social phobia (TAPIR)
• Social Phobia Symptoms and Treatment (Mental Health Net)
• What is social phobia ? and Social phobia self-test (Anxiety Disorders Association of America)
• Social Phobia. Your Mining Co. Guide on Panic & Anxiety Disorders
• Social Phobia. The Harvard Mental Health Letter, October 1994 (Part I), November 1994 (Part II)
• What is Social Phobia ?. Royal College of Psychiatrists
• The Nature of Social Anxiety, by John R. Cook, Ph.D.
• Is There a Drug Treatment for Social Phobia?. By Michael Liebowitz, MD
  The Harvard Medical School Mental Health Letter, February 1989
• The Social Phobia Mailing List FAQ
• Dr. Bob's Virtual En-psych-lopedia. Pharmacological Treatment of Social Phobia
  Marcio Versiani & Ivan Figueira, Programa de Ansiedade e Depressão Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
  Em Portugues. In English
• The Social Phobia Mailing List
  listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu subscribe soc-phob Your Name
• Newsgroup: alt.support.social-phobia - Social phobias support group
• Emetophobia Mailing List (Fear of vomiting)
  listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu subscribe emetophobia Your-name

Specific Phobias

• Specific Phobia: Research and Treatment, OnLine Diagnostic Test (Internet Mental Health)
• Specific Phobia  (Internet Mental Health)
• Specific Phobia (TAPIR)
• Net Links on Specific Phobia (Mining Co. Anxiety & Panic Disorder)
• Specific Phobia Symptoms and Treatment (Mental Health Net)
• Newsgroup: alt.support.dental-phobia. - Dental & dentist phobias support group
• Emetophobia (Fear of vomiting)
  listserv@maelstrom.stjohns.edu subscribe emetophobia Your-name

Panic Disorder

• Panic Disorder (National Institute of Mental Health, USA).
• Booklet for Patients.
• Understanding Panic Disorder
• Panic Disorder Treatment and Referral. Information for Health Care Professionals
• Getting Treatment for Panic Disorder: Information for Patients, Families, and Friends
• Panic Disorder (TAPIR): Understanding Panic Disorder, Treatment of Panic Disorder, Getting Treatment, Alexithymia and Panic Disorder
• Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia, William C. Sanderson, PhD (TAPIR)
• Panic Disorder (Mental Health Net)
• Panic Disorder (HealthGuide OnLine)
• Panic Disorder: Diagnosis and Complications, Causes, Treatment, OnLine Diagnosis (Internet Mental Health)
• OnLine Panic Attack Questionnaire, University of Westminster United Kingdom (by Dr. David Perry)
• Panic Disorder: American Psychiatric Association OnLine
• PsychNotes: Learning About Panic Disorder
• Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia. Body-Mind Queendom.
• What is panic disorder and agoraphobia ?, Panic Disorder: A Highly Treatable Disorder, and Panic disorder self-test (Anxiety Disorders Association of America)
• Panic Disorder in Children and Adolescents (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• Answers to your Questions about Panic Disorder (American Psychological Association)
• How to Treat your Own Panic Disorder
• Consensus Statement on the Treatment of Panic Disorder (National Institutes of Health, USA)
• Panic Anxiety Education Management Service
• National Anxiety/Panic Disorder Newsletter
• Information on Panic Disorder: National Anxiety Foundation
• Net Links: Panic Disorder (Mining Co. Panic Disorder)
• Panic Attacks and Panic Disorder (Harvard Mental Health Letter, Apr./May 1996)
• Cognitive Therapy and Panic Attacks (Harvard Mental Health Letter, Nov. 1994)
• The Panic Page. Smith-Kline Beecham
• PanicDoc: A Primer on Panic, The causes of panic. How effective is the treatment ?
• Charles Darwin and Panic Disorder. Thomas J. Barloon, MD; Russell Noyes, Jr, MD. Journal of the American Medical Association, Jan 8, 1997. See also follow-up discussion.
• Newsgroup: alt.recovery.panic-anxiety.self-help - Cognitive approaches to anxiety and panic disorders