Question

For generalized anxiety aisorder, medications such as _____ are helpful for the short-term relief of symptoms, while _____ are effective for longer term treatment

Answer 1

Effective medications include GABA stimulants such as the benzodiazapines and buspirone for short-term treatments.
-Antidepressants, especially the SSRIs, may be more helpful both in the longer term and with concomitant depression
-Psychotherapy for GAD can be helpful as well, and appears to be at least as effective as pharmacological treatment.
-There is some disagreement about the effectiveness of CBT in controlled clinical trials.
--Some literature reviews found CBT to be helpful in the short-term for GAD, but lacked evidence of sustained improvement
--Others indicate CBT is consistently clinically effective for both anxiety and depression