Treatment of anxiety disorders

Figures & data

TABLE I. Anxiety disorders: short description according to ICD-10 and DSM-5 classification. Adapted from reference 107: World Health Organization. ICD-10 Chapter V (F) Classification of Mental and Behvioural Disorders: Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines. “Blue Book” Clinical Descriptions and Diagnostic Guidelines. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1991.

TABLE II. Pharmacological treatment recommendations for anxiety disorders in adults. Not all drugs are licensed for these indications in all countries.

TABLE III. Stepwise plan for drug treatment if the initial standard drug treatment was ineffective or was poorly tolerated.* Modified from reference 33: Bandelow B, Zohar J, Hollander E, et al. World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP) guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety, obsessive-compulsive and post-traumatic stress disorders - first revision. World J Biol Psychiatry. 2008;9(4):248-312.