Cognitive therapy works best for anxiety disorders

The clinical care of anxiety disorders varies, but trials report that cognitive therapy is most effective. In an extract from the Best Treatments website, Tonks (p 700) presents the treatment options for generalised anxiety disorders. Cognitive therapy is the treatment of choice, but other options include buspirone and antidepressants, which are also likely to work. Bezodiazepines may do more harm by causing dependency, and further study is needed on applied relaxation, antipsychotic drugs, and abecarnil, trials say.

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Extracts from "Best Treatments": Treating generalised anxiety disorder • Commentary: Putting research into practice • Commentary: A patient's story of living with anxiety • Commentary: Information for patients receiving cognitive therapy

Alison Tonks, Christopher Gale, and Alison Tonks
BMJ 2003 326: 700-702. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF]