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Posted on 15-12-2022 10:51 AM

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The aacap clinical practice guidelines critically assess and synthesize scientific and clinical information as an educational service to aacap members and other interested parties. The treatment statements in the guidelines are based upon information available on the date of publication of the corresponding ahrq/mayo systematic review. The guidelines are not continually updated and may not reflect the most recent evidence. The guidelines should not be considered to be a statement of the standard of care nor exclusive of all proper treatments or methods of care. The guidelines do not account for individual variation among patients. As such, it is not possible to draw conclusions about the effects of not implementing a particular recommendation, either in general or for a specific patient.

Quality statement 2: Psychological interventions

The aim of this study was to review emerging evidence of novel treatments for anxiety disorders. We searched pubmed and embase for evidence-based therapeutic alternatives for anxiety disorders in adults, covering the past five years. Eligible articles were systematic reviews (with or without meta-analysis), which evaluated treatment effectiveness of either nonbiological or biological interventions for anxiety disorders. Retrieved articles were summarized as an overview. We assessed methods, quality of evidence, and risk of bias of the articles. Nineteen systematic reviews provided information on almost 88 thousand participants, distributed across 811 clinical trials. Regarding the interventions, 11 reviews investigated psychological or nonbiological treatments; 5, pharmacological or biological; and 3, more than one type of active intervention.

You may start by seeing your primary care provider to find out if your anxiety could be related to your physical health. He or she can check for signs of an underlying medical condition that may need treatment. However, you may need to see a mental health specialist if you have severe anxiety. A psychiatrist is a medical doctor who specializes in diagnosing and treating mental health conditions. A psychologist and certain other mental health professionals can diagnose anxiety and provide counseling (psychotherapy). To help diagnose an anxiety disorder, your mental health provider may: give you a psychological evaluation. This involves discussing your thoughts, feelings and behavior to help pinpoint a diagnosis and check for related complications.

Exposure and response prevention (erp), or exposure therapy, is the most critical component of effective cognitive behavioral treatment for anxiety disorders and obsessive-compulsive disorder (ocd). As an evidence-based treatment, erp has been found to have the most robust effect on the successful outcome of treatment. Erp involves systematically and gradually confronting feared objects (e. G. , dogs), anxiety-provoking situations (e. G. , public speaking), intrusive thoughts (e. G. , “i might accidentally harm someone”) and images (e. G. , genitals), and / or uncomfortable bodily sensations (e. G. , shallow breathing, racing heart) that patients attempt to avoid. Through therapist-assisted as well as patient-led exposure practices, patients learn to recognize that anxiety is uncomfortable (but not dangerous), identify that feared outcomes are much less likely to happen than once predicted, and realize they are far more able to cope with negative outcomes than initially estimated.

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