Research on therapeutic options for anxiety disordrers . Therapy? Pharmaceuticals? Alternative treatments? Evaluate the success rates.

* An anxiety attack (panic attack) as defined by, Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003, an episode of acute intense anxiety, with symptoms such as pounding or racing heart, sweating, trembling or shaking, feelings of choking or smothering, chest pain, nausea, dizziness, feelings of unreality, and chills or hot flashes. It is the essential feature of panic disorder and other anxiety disorders as well as other psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and mood disorders. [Link]http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/anxiety+attack *Anxiety is the body’s natural response to danger, an automatic alarm that goes off when you feel threatened. Although it may be unpleasant, anxiety isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, anxiety can help you stay alert and focused, spur you to action, and motivate you to solve problems. But when anxiety is constant or overwhelming, when it interferes with your relationships and activities—that’s when you’ve crossed the line from normal anxiety into the territory of anxiety disorders. Anxiety Disorders The DSM is divided into different sections which represent separate, broad categories of psychiatric disorders. One of these categories is anxiety disorders. The disorders found in this category are:
Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia; Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia; Agoraphobia without a History of Panic Disorder; Specific Phobia; Social Phobia; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD); Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD); Acute Stress Disorder; Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD); Anxiety Disorder Due to a General Medical Condition;