Yes, they have healing in most cases (70%). On average, one in three patients does not respond to conventional treatment (absent or insufficient response).
The main methods for the treatment of anxiety disorders are the medium and long term prescription of medicines (anxiolytics and sometimes antidepressants) and / or cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy.
The diagnosis should be comprehensive so that the best treatment can be defined. The various anxiety disorders can cause many degrees of disability. The relief of some symptoms (even the major ones) does not always indicate a significant recovery or cure. For example: not having panic attacks does not mean that agoraphobia has been cured.
Some attitudes, such as phobic avoidance (in panic disorder and social anxiety disorder), are gradually changed as the patient grapples with situations he or she previously avoided. In this case, the doctor should help the patient by creating a list of situations that must be faced, depending on the degree of difficulty.
It is very important to alert patients to the effects of medications, especially unwanted effects. It is also relevant to explain that often the beneficial effects of the drugs only arise after a few weeks, while the unwanted ones are usually almost immediate.
In general, the treatment lasts from six months to a year, when a test is done to know if the patient can stop taking the medicine. In more severe cases, where patients have relapses, treatment can be more time-consuming, lasting for years.
In case of suspected anxiety disorder, a doctor (preferably a psychiatrist) should be consulted. He will be able to evaluate in detail, through anamnesis and possible complementary tests, what his correct diagnosis is, guide him and prescribe the best treatment, case by case.
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