Generalized anxiety disorder: Diagnosis and treatment

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7885, 2012, Pages

  Hoge, Elizabeth A ^a   Ivkovic, Ana ^a   Fricchione, Gregory L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BUSPIRONE; CITALOPRAM; CLONAZEPAM; DULOXETINE; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; GABAPENTIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PAROXETINE; PLACEBO; PREGABALIN; QUETIAPINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; VENLAFAXINE;

ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD ABUSE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; CONDUCT DISORDER; DIVORCE; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DSM-IV; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAMILTON ANXIETY SCALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INSOMNIA; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MINDFULNESS MEDITATION; MUSCLE TONE; OFF LABEL DRUG USE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELAXATION TRAINING; REMISSION; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR GENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT DURATION; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; XEROSTOMIA;

ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84870566561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e7500     Document Type: Review

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