An approach to the patient with anxiety

Daniel Hicks; Thomas Cummings Jr; Steven A Epstein

doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2010.08.008

An approach to the patient with anxiety

Med Clin North Am. 2010 Nov;94(6):1127-39, x. doi: 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.08.008.

Authors

Daniel Hicks¹, Thomas Cummings Jr, Steven A Epstein

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Hospital and School of Medicine, Street-2115 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20007, USA.

PMID: 20951274
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.08.008

Abstract

Patients seen in primary care and in specialty medical settings often have prominent anxiety. This article presents the epidemiology, etiology, manifestations, and treatment of anxiety disorders.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Anti-Anxiety Agents / therapeutic use
Anxiety Disorders / diagnosis*
Anxiety Disorders / etiology
Anxiety Disorders / therapy*
Humans
Risk Factors

Substances

Anti-Anxiety Agents