Management of Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care

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Management of Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 18 considers the management of anxiety disorders in primary care using evidence from systematic reviews. Conclusions: More and better clinical trials are needed to identify the best possible ways to treat anxiety disorders. Current evidence suggests that non-benzodiazepine treatment, particularly psychotherapy, is safer and as effective for most patients with anxiety disorders. Primary care physicians need to be trained and given the financial support to provide psychotherapy.

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Title	Management of Anxiety Disorders in Primary Care
Alternate Title	Therapeutics Letter 18
Creator	Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued	1997-04
Description	Therapeutics Letter 18 considers the management of anxiety disorders in primary care using evidence from systematic reviews. Conclusions: More and better clinical trials are needed to identify the best possible ways to treat anxiety disorders. Current evidence suggests that non-benzodiazepine treatment, particularly psychotherapy, is safer and as effective for most patients with anxiety disorders. Primary care physicians need to be trained and given the financial support to provide psychotherapy.
Subject	Anxiety Disorders; Benzodiazepines; Psychotherapy
Genre	Other
Type	Text
Language	eng
Notes	The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available	2023-06-20
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0433597
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85007
Affiliation	Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status	Reviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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