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Neurological & Psychiatric
,Serotonin
Serotonin
MAO (pac man)
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, defined as
at least 6
Anxiety (GAD) months of
excessive
worry
• Unpleasant feeling of dread, apprehension
***Most Common Mood Disorder***
-resulting from threat to one’s feeling of well-being
Cause: - emotionally learned response
- genetics, family dynamics
- most common mental illness in US
Neurotransmitters involved
*norepinephrine, serotonin, and GABA
Diagnositics: labs (TSH, drugs, glucose)
Treatment: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy- 1st line
Management: assess coping, therapeutic
communications, psychotherapy
Drugs: SSRIs (anxiety and OCD)
* Lexapro, paxil, zoloft
SNRIs
* Effexor and buspar
Note: benzos (high addictive property) Barkley & Associates Inc. (2021).
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, Phamacotherapy for Selected Anxiety Disorders