Excessive anxiety or worry is a disabling medical illness with serious consequences. If unrecognised and untreated early, significant distress and functional decline may ensue. Preventing excessive anxiety is vital and should be prioritized.

In First Aid Tips for Anxiety: 4 crucial steps to overpower anxiety, Dr. Michael Rayel has reintroduced the CARE approach as first aid for this medical condition. This quick and practical approach consists of a four-step process that describes how to recognize anxiety, what psychiatric or medical disorders to consider as possible causes, and how you can deal with it.

This book is divided in three parts. Part 1 deals with the mental health first aid concepts: The CARE Approach, HEAL Yourself, HELP Others, and ABCs of first aid. Part 2 focuses on relevant coping skills to address common problems. Breathing exercises, visualization, thought restructuring, and problem-solving strategies are good examples. And Part 3 is about first aid with emphasis on anxiety, its signs and symptoms, possible disorders that lead to it, and preventive and treatment strategies.

First Aid Tips for Anxiety should give you the necessary information to recognize anxiety, the confidence to face it and its associated challenges head on, and the essential coping skills to overpower it.