10/05/2015 12:00:00 PMStaff ReportStacey Lambert, PsyD, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Chair of the Clinical Psychology Department.

Anxiety is a common experience. Mild amounts are adaptive in that anxiety is the body’s way of alerting us to possible environmental danger. Anxiety can motivate positive action such as preparing for a presentation or even avoiding spiders. It only becomes problematic when experienced in excess, such as when there is little real danger or when the amount of anxiety experienced impairs one’s functioning. Anxiety disorders are some of the most amenable to treatment. The management of anxiety is achievable through learning a set of self-management skills. Only in more severe cases are medications required.

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