Designed to empower patients and their support networks in their quest for wellness, this volume provides through descriptions of various mental health disorders-including major depressive disorder, social anxiety disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, and others-as well as information on evidence-based treatments, both psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological.

"This book primarily informs consumers of mental health services about the types of anxiety, depressive, and related disorders and their treatments. Beginning with how to find a physician who can provide the appropriate and effective clinical services, it goes on to discuss assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as potential barriers to treatment, such as the lack of availability of a mental health professional nearby or financial costs. Diagnoses and their treatment among various populations, including males, females, children and adolescents, pregnant patients, and elderly patients are also addressed"--