The pharmacological management of anxiety disorders

Abstract

Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry is running a series of updated articles on the major psychiatric drug groups, produced in association with the College of Mental Health Pharmacy (www.cmhp.org.uk). In this article, Stephen Bleakley and Simon Davies provide an overview of the main types of anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. The article focuses on the drug treatment options and supporting evidence base.