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Provides information on the hotline and Web site of the National
Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH). Information available in the two NIMH
information services; Caution when calling the hotline; Alternative
on-line information service about anxiety disorders.
By Marian M. Jones published March 1, 1998 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016
I-R-S. Just heading these three letters is enough to provoke severe
anxiety this time of year. But if one branch of the government making you
worry, another -- the National institutes of Mental Health (NIHM) -- can
help. help. The NIMH provides information on anxiety disorders through a
hotline, 1-888 ANXIETY and Web site, http://www.nihm.nih.gov/anxiety. Both
provide bask information on anxiety disorders, and on where to get
help.
Take a few deep breaths, however, before calling in or logging on:
the hotline greets you with an annoying phone menu (press one if you want
to scream), and the Web site sometimes crashes.
One dependable online option the anxious is the news group
alt.support.anxiety-panic, where you can kvetch with fellow
sufferers about everything that makes your pulse pound -- from filling out
1040s to trying on spring swim suits. A word of warning like most
newsgroups, it is unmonitored so don't believe everything you
read.
