Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic

Abstract

This edition of the Mastery of Your Anxiety and Panic: Workbook for Brief Six-Session Version for Primary Care and Related Settings outlines a time-limited treatment for those dealing with panic disorder and agoraphobia. If a patient primarily seeks treatment from a family doctor, this guide will be useful. The program described is based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). It can be delivered by a general practitioner or other health or mental health care provider in primary care or related settings in up to six sessions. A modified version of the more intensive 12-session program that currently exists, this treatment represents an introduction of the skills and techniques for overcoming panic disorder that patients can easily learn and continue on their own.