Patient organisations — generalized anxiety disorder¶
Every row was retrieved by live HTTP request on 2026-09-02. The status column records the HTTP response received; the description reflects what the retrieved page actually says. Organisations that block automated retrieval are recorded as unverified rather than described from memory.
Verified (HTTP 200 on 2026-09-02)¶
| Organisation | Country/region | URL | Verified page title | What the retrieved page describes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety UK | United Kingdom | https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/ | "Home - Anxiety UK" | A user-led charity, describing itself as "run by and for, people with anxiety" and operating "since 1970". Offers lived-experience advisor calls, therapy from as little as £20 per session, groups and courses, self-care tools, and a membership including a digital magazine. Publishes a "Stories of Hope" lived-experience section. |
| No Panic | United Kingdom | https://nopanic.org.uk/ | "Home - NoPanic" | Helpline (0300 772 9844) open 10:00–22:00, 365 days a year; CBT-focused mentoring; resources for panic attacks, phobias, OCD and other anxiety disorders; separate carer and youth resources; crisis message, body-scan and breathing tools. |
| Rethink Mental Illness | England | https://www.rethink.org/advice-and-information/about-mental-illness/learn-more-about-conditions/anxiety-disorders/ | "What is anxiety?" | Condition information written for people 18+ affected by mental illness in England; downloadable anxiety-disorders factsheet; panic-attack quick-tips; framed around "You can recover from anxiety disorders." |
| Mental Health Foundation | United Kingdom | https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/a-z-topics/anxiety | "Anxiety | Mental Health Foundation" | A–Z topic page covering symptoms, what makes anxiety a disorder, self-management and further resources; carries an explicit content warning listing anxiety, panic attacks, loneliness, trauma and substance use. |
| Beyond Blue | Australia | https://www.beyondblue.org.au/mental-health/anxiety | "Understand Anxiety disorders - Beyond Blue" | States anxiety conditions "affect 1 in 4 people in Australia and they are treatable"; sections on signs and symptoms, types, self-check, treatments and support, children and young people, and supporting someone else. |
| SANE Australia | Australia | https://www.sane.org/ | "SANE Australia" | Focused on "recurring, persistent or complex mental health issues and trauma"; free, anonymous, professionally moderated 24/7 community forums; digital and telehealth support. |
| Black Dog Institute | Australia | https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/anxiety/ | "Anxiety - Information & Resources - Black Dog Institute" | Research-institute resource hub for anxiety. |
| Mind Australia | Australia | https://www.mindaustralia.org.au/ | "HOME | Mind Australia" | Community mental-health service provider (distinct from Mind in the UK). |
| Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand | New Zealand | https://mentalhealth.org.nz/conditions/condition/anxiety | "Anxiety Support | Mental Health Foundation" | Explicitly covers "how your doctor determines if you have GAD and treatment options"; distinguishes mild from severe anxiety by functional impact. |
| CAMH | Canada | https://www.camh.ca/en/health-info/mental-illness-and-addiction-index/anxiety-disorders | "Anxiety Disorders | CAMH" | Hospital-based public information; states "one in three adults will have an anxiety disorder in their lifetime", citing Bandelow & Michaelis 2015 (PMID 26487813) — a rare instance of a patient-facing page citing its epidemiological source. |
| Mental Health America | United States | https://mhanational.org/conditions/anxiety/ | "Anxiety | Mental Health America" | States over 21% of US adults (42.5 million) are affected each year; distinguishes proportionate stress from anxiety disorder. |
| NIMH | United States | https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad | "Generalized Anxiety Disorder: What You Need to Know - NIMH" | Government fact sheet dedicated to GAD specifically; available in Spanish; frames GAD as worry "out of proportion with the situation". |
| South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG) | South Africa | https://www.sadag.org/ | "South African Depression and Anxiety Group" | Runs support groups and regional branches (KZN, Western Cape); has a dedicated "Generalised Anxiety Disorder" section alongside panic, social anxiety and exam-stress material; publishes treatment and referral guides. |
| Vandrevala Foundation | India | https://www.vandrevalafoundation.com/ | "Trusted mental health helpline to overcome distress | Vandrevala Foundation" | All-India emergency mental-health helpline plus free consultations. |
| Deutsche Angst-Hilfe e.V. | Germany | https://www.angstselbsthilfe.de/ | "Deutsche Angst-Hilfe e.V." | Self-help organisation for anxiety disorders with three explicit audiences: people with anxiety disorders, self-help group facilitators, and relatives. Strapline (translated): anxiety should protect, not determine. |
| Angst & Stressforeningen | Denmark | https://www.angstforeningen.dk/ | "Angst & Stressforeningen" | National membership organisation covering anxiety and stress; membership-based peer support. |
| Mental Health Ireland | Ireland | https://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/ | "Home - Mental Health Ireland" | National mental-health organisation. |
| Kokoro no Mimi (MHLW) | Japan | https://kokoro.mhlw.go.jp/ | "こころの耳" | Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare mental-health portal for working people. |
| World Health Organization | Global | https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/anxiety-disorders | "Anxiety disorders" | Fact sheet dated 8 September 2025: anxiety disorders affected 359 million people in 2021, an estimated 4.4% of the global population, are the most common of all mental disorders, affect more women than men, often begin in childhood or adolescence, and only about 1 in 4 people in need (27.6%) receive any treatment. |
Closed¶
| Organisation | Country | URL | What the retrieved page says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety Canada | Canada | https://www.anxietycanada.com/ | The site now carries a bilingual "Notice of Website Closure" stating that as of April 1 Anxiety Canada has officially ceased operations and is no longer available, that user data has been securely archived, and that a subset of its resources remains available via the Vancouver CBT Centre and Here to Help BC. The notice does not state the year (retrieved 2026-09-02). This is a material change to the anxiety patient-organisation landscape: a national organisation with a large free self-help library is gone. |
Present but not machine-verifiable on 2026-09-02¶
These organisations exist and are widely referenced, but their sites returned a bot-protection or error response to automated retrieval, so nothing about their current content is asserted here.
| Organisation | Country | URL | Response |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) | United States | https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/generalized-anxiety-disorder-gad | HTTP 403 (bot challenge) |
| Mind | United Kingdom | https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/about-anxiety/ | HTTP 403 (bot challenge) |
| NAMI | United States | https://www.nami.org/about-mental-illness/mental-health-conditions/anxiety-disorders/ | HTTP 403 (bot challenge) |
| Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria | Australia | https://www.arcvic.org.au/ | HTTP 403 (Cloudflare) |
| Here to Help BC | Canada | https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/infosheet/anxiety-disorders | HTTP 403 (bot challenge) |
| ADAVIC | Australia | https://www.adavic.org.au/ | No response (connection failed) |
Patterns in the directory¶
- Almost no organisation is GAD-specific. Of the verified entries, only the NIMH fact sheet is dedicated to GAD alone; SADAG maintains a GAD section within a broader anxiety area. Everything else addresses "anxiety" as a category. This mirrors the pooling problem in the research literature (the diagnostic boundary) — the patient-facing world also does not carve GAD out.
- The strongest offer is peer support, not information. Anxiety UK (lived-experience advisors, groups, low-cost therapy), No Panic (helpline plus mentoring), SANE (moderated 24/7 forums) and Deutsche Angst-Hilfe (self-help group infrastructure) all centre human contact. That is the service most consistently absent from the trial literature.
- Coverage is concentrated in Anglophone high-income countries. Verified entries cluster in the UK, Australia, Canada, the US and New Zealand, with single entries for South Africa, India, Germany, Denmark, Ireland and Japan. Given that GAD prevalence is lowest and the treatment gap largest in low- and middle-income countries (epidemiology and burden), this is exactly the inverse of where organisational support is needed.
- Organisations are fragile. One national organisation in this directory closed (Anxiety Canada). Directories of this kind decay quickly and need re-verification at each sweep.
Last verified: 2026-09-02.