PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY
Generalized Anxiety Disorder: the Problems of Diagnosis, Prognosis and Psychopharmacotherapy
Author information
- D.Yu. Veltishchev
- Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, branch of Serbsky National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Narcology, Pirogov Russian Research Medical University
- A.S. Marchenko
- Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry of the Ministry of Health of Russia
- Published
- March 31, 2013
- Pages
- 17-23
Abstract
The article is the literature review of the recent studies on psychopathology, epidemiology, prognosis and pharmacotherapy of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). The special attention has been paid to screening, diagnosis and comorbidity of GAD. The questions of differential psychopharmacotherapy are also discussed with the accent on pregabalin effects.
Keywords
- Generalized anxiety disorder
- prevalence
- screening
- diagnosis
- comorbidity
- prognosis
- psychopharmacotherapy
- pregabalin