title: Anxiety related to medical disease.
abstract: The presentations and treatment of anxiety as 1) a reaction to catastrophic illness, 2) an intrinsic symptom of a physical disorder, and 3) part of a chronic disease are reviewed. Educative and supportive psychotherapy in group settings is recommended, accompanied when indicated by the judicious short-term use of antidepressants or antianxiety agents such as the benzodiazepines or the new nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytics.
mesh_terms: D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001249:Asthma / Q000523:psychology; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D002388:Catastrophic Illness; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000523:psychology; D011613:Psychotherapy