Pharmacotherapy of anxious disorders.
The present paper is a review of the treatment of anxious disorders by the current pharmaceutical medications; a short epidemiological survey is given for anxious disorders including: general anxiety disorder, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, social anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. For all these disorders there are proposals of treatment built on literature data mainly on meta-analysis as well on personal experience.
Bourin
Michel
M
Neurobiology of Anxiety and Depression, Faculty of Medicine, BP 53508, 44035 Nantes Cedex 1, France. mbourin@sante.univ-nantes.fr
Lambert
Olivier
O
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents