Evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder: a revision of the 2005 guidelines from the British Association for Psychopharmacology

• Published in: Journal of psychopharmacology (Oxford) Vol. 28; no. 5; p. 403
• Main Authors: Baldwin, David S, Anderson, Ian M, Nutt, David J, Allgulander, Christer, Bandelow, Borwin, den Boer, Johan A, Christmas, David M, Davies, Simon, Fineberg, Naomi, Lidbetter, Nicky, Malizia, Andrea, McCrone, Paul, Nabarro, Daniel, O'Neill, Catherine, Scott, Jan, van der Wee, Nic, Wittchen, Hans-Ulrich
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.05.2014
• Subjects: Antidepressive Agents - therapeutic use; Anxiety Disorders - drug therapy; Decision Making; Delivery of Health Care - methods; Evidence-Based Medicine - methods; Humans; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder - drug therapy; Psychopharmacology - methods; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - drug therapy; treatment; post-traumatic stress disorder; benzodiazepines; separation anxiety disorder; obsessive-compulsive disorder; anxiolytics; evidence-based guidelines; antidepressants; anxiety disorders; serotonin-noradrenaline reuptake inhibitor; Anticonvulsants; selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor; cognitive behaviour therapy; specific phobia; social anxiety disorder; antipsychotics; pregabalin; panic disorder; generalised anxiety disorder
• ISSN: 1461-7285
• DOI: 10.1177/0269881114525674

This revision of the 2005 British Association for Psychopharmacology guidelines for the evidence-based pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders provides an update on key steps in diagnosis and clinical management, including recognition, acute treatment, longer-term treatment, combination treat...