title: [Psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy of anxiety disorders].
abstract: Anxiety disorders are highly prevalent in the general population, their course of illness is often chronic with many relapses, and is associated with a pronounced psychiatric comorbidity and psychosocial disability. Therefore, anxiety disorders are a major challenge to any mental health delivery system. From a perspective of treatment both differential psychopharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions can be outlined which are well based in empirical terms. In psychiatric care biological and psychological approaches are often combined although the empirical basement of combined treatments still requires further validation.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Graz. Hans-peter.kapfhammer@klinikum-graz.at
authors.forename: Hans-Peter
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Kapfhammer
mesh_terms: D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D000928:Antidepressive Agents; D017367:Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors