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Parenting when you have an anxiety disorder can be really challenging, and your kids may find life difficult while you are ill. Use the resources and support groups listed on Children of parents with a mental illness or addiction to help your family deal with the issues they may face.
You might also find the resources below useful.
Brochure about generalised anxiety disorder.
Download this booklet and work through it at your own pace. (Click on the Anxiety image, click Leaflet, then click A4 or Easy Read, depending on which format you prefer)
These modules cover everything from an overview of generalised anxiety through to problem-solving and self-management. Work through them at your own pace.
This section includes information about symptoms of generalised anxiety, how it's treated, and what self-help measures you can take.
Download this booklet and work through it at your own pace. (Click on the Health Anxiety image, click Leaflet, then click A4 or Easy Read, depending on which format you prefer)
Work through the modules covering understanding health anxiety, how it develops, self-management planning and more.
This leaflet briefly looks at what obsessive compulsive disorder is, how it can affect your life, and what treatments are available.
Download this booklet and work through it at your own pace. (Click on the Obsessions and compulsions image, click Leaflet, then click A4 or Easy Read, depending on which format you prefer)
This leaflet briefly explains panic and agoraphobia and the treatments available.
Download this booklet and work through it at your own pace. (Click on the Panic image, click Leaflet, then click A4 or Easy Read, depending on which format you prefer)
This page has 12 modules on coping with panic attacks that you can work through at your own pace.
This page includes a video of a clinical psychologist explaining phobia and how the different types of phobia are treated.
This leaflet briefly explains what social anxiety is, how it can affect your life and what treatments are available.
Download this booklet and work through it at your own pace. Click on the Shyness and social anxiety image, click Leaflet, then click A4 or Easy Read, depending on which format you prefer)
This page has 12 modules on coping with social anxiety that you can work through at your own pace.
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers.Last reviewed April 2015.
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Review key: HIAXA-50595