Anxiety Disorder Treatment

In this article we will talk about anxiety disorder treatment. Usually anxiety disorders treated with psychotherapy (CBT), the use of drugs (medication) or a combination of both. In anxiety disorders, there are many differences in the response sufferers of CBT or medication, perhaps CBT more suited to sufferers with panic disorder. In contrast, social anxiety disorder sufferers more in line with the use of drugs/medication.

The options of CBT, medication, or a combination of both, is based on several things, including the availability of therapists; affordability of CBT, the price is more expensive than drugs.

The kinds of anxiety disorder treatment method:

Psychotherapy

People with anxiety disorders can be helped by psychotherapy. People with anxiety disorders surely have different causes or factors that made him anxious. Hence the need for psychotherapy on anxiety that the person's specific and tailored to their needs, so the process of psychotherapy can run effectively. The way of handling the anxiety disorders with psychotherapy has side effects, i.e. the sufferer feel discomfort because faced with the situation that he fear during therapy.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT is a therapy that can be used to treat anxiety disorders in a way taught how to think, behave and react rightly when faced with a situation of anxiety. This therapy can also teach social skills, and this is good for treating social anxiety disorder.

There are two types of therapy in CBT as a anxiety disorder treatment:

• cognitive therapy that focuses on identification, challenge and neutralize the thoughts from the bad thoughts that become the main cause of anxiety disorders.
• the exposure Therapy that focuses on deal with the fear which becomes the main cause of anxiety disorders. This way it can help sufferers to engage in activities which they avoid.

In this case cognitive therapy better than exposure therapy.

With the guidance of the therapist, the patient can be shown that the dreaded situation not so threatening and may develop skills. This process of gradually increasing the exposure of a series of stimuli over the increase in skills of patients and patients learn how to handle the situation.

CBT can be done individually and can also be done in groups, with doing it on people with similar problems. Participants is also often given homework in order to accomplish in therapy sessions.

Self-Help or Support Groups

Sufferers of anxiety disorders can get help by joining communities and vent or share the problems and achievements with others. In this era, to join in the communities is not difficult. Sufferers can join social networking groups or chat groups on internet. However to do this must be carefully because on the internet usually people don't know each other and meet even the use of false identities are not rare. For it is more worthwhile to talk privately with a trusted friend.

Stress Management Techniques and Meditation

Stress management techniques and meditation can help sufferers of social anxiety to calm themselves. Exercises such as aerobics gymnastics does have a calming effect but it seems less suitable for anxiety disorder treatment.

Medication/The Use of Drug

The drug could eliminate anxiety disorder symptoms but not cure it. And to use the drug as a anxiety disorder treatment, of course should be based on the prescription of a medical doctor or psychiatrist. Based on research, it is commonplace if sufferers of anxiety disorder combines psychotherapy and the medication to get better results than just using one of these methods.

Must know, there are some drugs that are just as effective if used regularly and if the consumption of drugs is stopped then the symptoms of anxiety disorders can relapse again.

Source:

https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/anxiety-disorders/index.shtml

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628173/

http://www.azcourts.gov/casa/Training/Training-Courses/Anxiety-Disorders-pg-4


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