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Anxiety Disorders

Youssef Nasser | 16 December, 2025

 

Audience

Book

Podcast/Video

Tool/App

Academic Paper/Study

Adult

Book: Dare: The New Way to End Anxiety and Stop Panic Attacks by Barry McDonagh

https://a.co/d/dMJEUqS

Podcast: The Anxiety Guy Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-anxiety-guy-podcast/id1080900600

App: Calm or Headspace (Mindfulness/Meditation)

Calm vs Headspace (2025) - Comparing Stress Management Apps

Study: "Efficacy of CBT for Anxiety Disorders: A Meta-Analysis" (Reviewing CBT's standing as a first-line treatment.)

https://www.studocu.com/en-us/u/125630010?sid=01765799522&page=1

Youth

Book: The Anxiety Workbook for Teens by Lisa M. Schab (CBT-based skills)

https://a.co/d/a4PRKyw

Video: Anxiety videos from the Youth Anxiety Center (AACAP)

Anxiety Disorders Resource Center

App: MindShift CBT (Canadian-made, evidence-based)

MindShift CBT is a free mental health app designed to help users manage anxiety and stress through evidence-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques.

Tool: Spence Children's Anxiety Scale (SCAS) (For parents/clinicians to assess severity)

SCAS Home - The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

SCAS CHILD - Download Scale - The Spence Children's Anxiety Scale

Parent/Loved One

Book: Freeing Your Child from Anxiety by Tamar Chansky

https://a.co/d/4XdsMLA

Book: The Anxiety and Phobia Workbook (New Harbinger Self-help Workbooks) 

By Edmund J. Bourne PhD

https://a.co/d/eQlTzW5

Video: "Protecting Your Child" - Youth Anxiety Center (Focuses on supportive vs. enabling behavior)

Anxiety Disorders Resource Center

Tool: SCARED Parent Form (Screening tool for anxiety symptoms in children)

 

Study: "Treatment of child anxiety disorders via guided parent-delivered cognitive-behavioural therapy: randomized controlled trial

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23969483/

Child-Parent Interventions for Childhood Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

 

Spouse

Book: When Someone You Love Has Anxiety by Cynthia Last

Cynthia G. Last, Ph.D.

Video: IOCDF videos on communicating effectively about mental health

International OCD Foundation iocdf.org

App: Breathe2Relax (To manage personal stress from supporting a partner)

Study: "Partner-Assisted Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders" (Focus on the spouse's supportive role in treatment)