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Anxiety - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Good points: They are effective in relieving anxiety and take effect more quickly than antidepressant medications often prescribed for anxiety
      - Drawbacks: The drawbacks are that sometimes people can build a high tolerance, because of taking them a lot and they will eventually need higher and higher doses to get the same effect. Some people may even become dependent on them.
    - - Commonly used to treat depression,
      - On the other hand, they are also very helpful for anxiety disorders. They may help improve the way your brain uses certain chemicals that control mood or stress.
    - - Often used to treat high blood pressure, they can also be used to help
      - They function by relieving the physical symptoms of anxiety, such as rapid heartbeat, shaking, trembling, and blushing.
        -These medications, when taken for a short period of time, can help people keep physical symptoms under control.
  - - - “talk therapy”
        For it to work and be effective with the patients it needs to be directed at the person’s specific anxieties and tailored to his or her needs.
    - - One psychotherapy that can help people with anxiety disorders.
        In simple terms it can help the patient focus on alternative ways of behaving, and reacting to anxiety-producing and fearful objects and situations
      - It focuses more on teaching different ways of thinking and behaving.
        Because of those new ways to see, react, and think about things can help you change how you react to the things that cause you to feel fear and anxiety.
      - It may include exposure therapy, which in other words focuses on having you confront your fears so that you will be able to do the things that you had been avoiding.