Ambulantná terapia 2/2007

PHARMACOTHERAPY OF ANXIETY DISORDERS

Anxiety disorders are very often psychiatric disorders. Without treatment mostly anxiety sypmtoms persist, their course is very often chronical with fluctuation and high risk of the presence of comorbide disorders, suicidal behaviour… In the treatment of anxiety disorders we can use psychotheraphy and pharmacotheraphy. There are antidepressant of the 3rd or the 4th generation the first choice in the psychopharmacotheraphy. Other medication witch is used in the treatment of these disorders are benzodiazepines, betablockers,anticonvulsives.

Keywords: anxiety disorders, pharmacotheraphy, antidepressants, benzodiazepines