Where to Go for Help

by Dianne E. Butts

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, nearly a fourth (24.9%) of the adult population in the United States will struggle with an anxiety disorder sometime during their lives.1 If you or someone you love is struggling with an anxiety disorder, the following organizations* offer help:

 

Anxiety Disorders Association of America

6000 Executive Boulevard, Suite 513

Rockville, MD 20852

(301) 231-9350

($25.00 membership includes a subscription to their quarterly publication Reporter.)

 

ENcourage Newsletter

Dept. AD

13610 N. Scottsdale Road, Suite 10-126

Scottsdale, AZ 85254

(Subscription to this bi-monthly newsletter is $21.95.)

 

Minirth-Meier Clinics offer counseling based on Christian principles. For a clinic in your area, contact their corporate office at:

P.O. Box 850778

Richardson, TX 75085-0798

(972) 907-1972

 

National Anxiety Foundation

3135 Custer Drive

Lexington, KY 40517-4001

(606) 272-7166

 

Informational brochures are available from the

National Institute of Mental Health

Room 7C-02

5600 Fishers Lane

Rockville, MD 20857

 

NPAD News

National Panic & Anxiety Disorder Newsletter

1718 Burgundy Place, Suite B

Santa Rosa, CA 95403

(Subscription to this bi-monthly newsletter is $25.00.)

See their homepage at: www:spiderweb.com/NPADNews:

Email address: NPAD@aol.com

 

Obsessive Compulsive (OC) Foundation, Inc.

P.O. Box 70

Milford, CT 06460

(203) 878-5669

 

Phobics Anonymous

P.O. Box 1180

Palm Springs, CA 92263

(619) 322-COPE

 

TERRAP

932 Evelyn Street

Menlo Park, CA 94025

(800) 2-PHOBIA

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* The author does not necessarily endorse these organizations.

1. Jack D. Maser, Ph.D., "Anxiety Disorders: America's Most Common Mental Illnesses," On Target 3 May 1995: 1.