Comparing Individual Therapies for Veterans With Depression, PTSD, and Panic Disorder

Inclusion Criteria: * Participants must be Veterans * Participants must be clearly competent to provide informed consent for research participation * Participants must meet DSM-5 criteria for panic disorder, major depressive disorder, or posttraumatic stress disorder * Participants must be 18-80 years old Exclusion Criteria: * recent history (\< 2 months) of psychiatric hospitalization or a suicide attempt as documented in their medical record or reported during clinical interview * acute, severe illness or medical condition that likely will require hospitalization and/or otherwise interfere with study procedures as documented in their medical record (e.g., active chemotherapy/radiation treatment for cancer), * recent start of new psychiatric medication (\< 4 weeks) * diagnosis of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury in their medical record and/or endorsement of screener questionnaire * additional comorbid psychiatric diagnoses that were not listed as exclusion criteria are permitted as long as they are considered secondary to the principal diagnosis of MDD, PTSD, or PD/AG as determined by the diagnostic interview * ineligible Veterans will be referred for non-study-related treatments within mental health at the RHJ VAMC