LSAD recently appeared in the University of Texas "Feature Story".  To read the interview and see the pictures, click here. Dr. Michael Telch's Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders (LSAD) at the University of Texas featured in two episodes of the National Geographic Channel series "Phobia", entitled, "Claustrophobia" and "Arachnophobia".

LSAD was founded in 1988 by Professor Michael J. Telch, Ph.D. It is one of several different clinical research laboratories in the Department of Psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. It is considered one of the premier anxiety research laboratories in the United States.  The overa ll mission of our research is to increase scientific knowledge about the nature and treatment of anxiety-related disorders. Since its inception, over one dozen studies have been completed in the area of panic disorder and agoraphobia.  In addition to our focus on panic-related disorders, numerous studies have been completed by Dr. Telch and his doctoral students with respect to other anxiety problems including:  (a) social anxiety, (b) specific phobias such as claustrophobia, spider phobia, and dog phobia, (c) obsessive-compulsive disorder, and (d) generalized anxiety.

Furthermore, LSAD has successfully treated over
700 patients in the past 15 years suffering from
various anxiety disorders including:

• Agoraphobia

• Panic Disorder With and Without Agoraphobia

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Social Anxiety Disorder

• Specific Phobias

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Posttraumatic Stress Disorder