An Approach to the Patient with Anxiety

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1127-1139

  Hicks, Daniel ^a   Cummings, Thomas ^a   Epstein, Steven A ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Anxiolytics; Generalized anxiety disorder; Panic disorder; Primary care

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLOMIPRAMINE; CLONAZEPAM; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; LORAZEPAM; MIRTAZAPINE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; PAROXETINE; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; SELEGILINE; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BLURRED VISION; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSTIPATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG MECHANISM; FATIGUE; FEAR; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SCREENING; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77957878650     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2010.08.008     Document Type: Review

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