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No Panic is a totally voluntary charity, whose aims are to aid the relief and rehabilitation of those people suffering from Panic Attacks, Phobias, Obsessive Compulsive Disorders, other related Anxiety Disorders, including Tranquilliser Withdrawal, and to provide support to sufferers and their families and or carers by the following means:

 
1. PROVIDING A CONFIDENTIAL HELP-LINE, FREEPHONE 0808 808 0545, 10-00 am TO 10-00 pm, EVERY DAY, STAFFED BY TRAINED VOLUNTEERS.
2. PROVIDING A NIGHT-TIME ANXIETY CRISIS LINE, FREEPHONE 0808 808 0545, 10-00 pm TO 10-00 am, EVERY DAY (ANSWER PHONE SERVICE ONLY )
3. PROVIDING TELEPHONE RECOVERY GROUPS
4. PROVIDING A "CONTACT" BOOKLET SERVICE FOR MEMBERS WISHING TO MAKE PHONE-FRIENDS AND PEN-PALS
5. PROVIDING LITERATURE, BOOKS, AUDIO AND VIDEO CASSETTES RELEVANT TO THE ILLNESSES
6. PROVIDING A WRITTEN RECOVERY PROGRAMME FOR PHOBIAS. A SIMPLE, EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO OVERCOMING A PHOBIA
7. PROVIDING A WRITTEN RECOVERY PROGRAMME FOR O.C.D. A SIMPLE, EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO OVERCOMING O.C.D.
8. PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GIVE UP TRANQUILLISERS
9. PROVIDING INFORMATION DESIGNED TO RAISE PUBLIC & PROFESSIONAL AWARENESS OF THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY ANXIETY DISORDERS
10. PROVIDING LAY-PERSON SELF-HELP COGNITIVE & BEHAVIOUR THERAPY AS A BASIS FOR RECOVERY.

WHAT ARE ANXIETY DISORDERS AND THEIR EFFECTS ?

We live in an age where anxiety is an accepted part of daily life. Will I get to work on time? Will the bills get paid? Will the car start? These are examples of "normal" anxiety which we have all experienced during our lives and which represent relatively small problems.

However, for people who suffer from Anxiety Disorders these "small" problems get blown up out of all proportion and can dramatically affect their lives, resulting in such severe anxiety that they may well develop Panic Attacks and / or Phobias and / or Obsessive/Compulsive Disorders. These illnesses ruin the quality of sufferer's lives and subsequently also ruin the quality of life of their families, partners and carers. They frequently result in the sufferer becoming handicapped, severely disabled and even excluded from society, e.g. not able to go to parties, take holidays and many sufferers are unable to go to work.

The good news is that sufferers can and do get better but it takes a lot of help and support along the way and that is where NO PANIC comes in. We try to help people to return to a fulfilling and satisfying life-style.

THE SIZE AND SCALE OF THE PROBLEM

SEVERE ANXIETY AND PHOBIC DISORDERS ARE A MAJOR AND WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. RECENT SURVEYS INDICATE THAT THEY AFFECT UP TO 18% OF THE POPULATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

  • UP TO 5 MILLION WITH AGORAPHOBIA

  • UP TO 1 MILLION WITH SOCIAL PHOBIAS
  • UP TO 4 MILLION WITH SPECIFIC PHOBIAS
  • UP TO 2 MILLION WITH OBSESSIVE / COMPULSIVE DISORDERS
  • UP TO 2 MILLION ON TRANQUILLISERS, MANY LONG TERM
ABOUT 75% OF ALL ANXIETY DISORDER SUFFERERS DO NOT GET PROFESSIONAL HELP OF ANY KIND !

No Panic operates a formal Complaints/Comments Procedure a written copy of which is available on request

Last updated 30th November 2007