Anxiety

Empowering you to live a full life and to manage your symptoms

All humans experience anxiety at some point in their lives. For some, it becomes debilitating. Anxiety causes chronic, excessive worry and stress. You may even know that your worry is unnecessary and still find it difficult to avoid.

Anxiety manifests in physical ways such as headaches, muscle tension and an inability to relax. If it continues for too long, you may develop more intense physical symptoms or more serious forms of anxiety.

You are not alone. Anxiety affects about 40 million American adults, or 18 percent, every year, according to the National Institutes of Health. About 18 percent of teens between 13 and 18 have an anxiety disorder, too. Their symptoms tend to appear around age 6.

What We Can Do

Your anxiety could prevent you from participating in life. We can help. IU Health has the largest network of primary care and specialty physician practices in Indiana. Our highly skilled behavioral health professionals will work with you to manage anxiety. We will empower you to decrease the frequency of your symptoms so you can manage your anxiety and live a full life.

Our experts will educate you so that you can manage and overcome your symptoms to live your best life. We will do this through:

  • Psychiatric and psychological counseling
  • Medication management (when necessary)
  • Outpatient and intensive outpatient care
  • Full and partial hospitalization
  • Virtually connecting you with Behavioral Health providers during your inpatient or outpatient visits.

We partner with IU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry to offer access to adult, child and adolescent clinics for the treatment of anxiety. Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health also offers a clinic for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Understanding Anxiety

You are not alone. Anxiety affects about 40 million American adults, or 18 percent, every year, according to the National Institutes of Health. About 18 percent of teens between 13 and 18 have an anxiety disorder, too. Their symptoms tend to appear around age 6.

What We Can Do

Your anxiety could prevent you from participating in life. We can help. IU Health has the largest network of primary care and specialty physician practices in Indiana. Our highly skilled behavioral health professionals will work with you to manage anxiety. We will empower you to decrease the frequency of your symptoms so you can manage your anxiety and live a full life.

Our experts will educate you so that you can manage and overcome your symptoms to live your best life. We will do this through:

  • Psychiatric and psychological counseling
  • Medication management (when necessary)
  • Outpatient and intensive outpatient care
  • Full and partial hospitalization
  • Virtually connecting you with Behavioral Health providers during your inpatient or outpatient visits.

We partner with IU School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry to offer access to adult, child and adolescent clinics for the treatment of anxiety. Riley Hospital for Children at IU Health also offers a clinic for anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

At IU Health Behavioral Health, our psychiatrists and therapists will collaborate to create a multidisciplinary treatment plan to meet your individual needs. It may include any of the following:

  • Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Individual therapy
  • Interpersonal therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Medicines
  • Medication management
  • Psychological testing
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Exercise
  • Sleep
  • Complementary services

Treatment

At IU Health Behavioral Health, our psychiatrists and therapists will collaborate to create a multidisciplinary treatment plan to meet your individual needs. It may include any of the following:

  • Psychotherapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Individual therapy
  • Interpersonal therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Medicines
  • Medication management
  • Psychological testing
  • Relaxation techniques
  • Exercise
  • Sleep
  • Complementary services

At IU Health, our professionals work to understand the neural pathways in the brain involved in fear and anxiety. Our affiliation with the Institute of Psychiatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine allows us to inform the latest research efforts.

Research

At IU Health, our professionals work to understand the neural pathways in the brain involved in fear and anxiety. Our affiliation with the Institute of Psychiatric Research at the Indiana University School of Medicine allows us to inform the latest research efforts.

Related Diagnostic and Treatment Services for Anxiety

Patient Stories for Anxiety

National Alliance on Mental Illness

This is a large, national, grassroots mental health organization. Its website offers extensive information about treatments, support and research for anxiety and other mental illnesses for individuals and families.

Resources

National Alliance on Mental Illness

This is a large, national, grassroots mental health organization. Its website offers extensive information about treatments, support and research for anxiety and other mental illnesses for individuals and families.