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Thursday 6 February 2014

Offer psychological interventions for anxiety disorders

Offer psychological interventions for anxiety disorders

People with a suspected anxiety disorder, such as post-traumatic stress or obsessive compulsive disorder, should be offered psychological interventions as a first-line treatment, as set out in new NICE standards.
A snapshot of anxiety disorders in adults in England carried out by the Office of National Statistics in 2007 found that 4.4 per cent of adults had generalised anxiety disorder, 3 per cent had post-traumatic stress disorder, 1.1 per cent had panic disorder and 1.1 per cent had obsessive-compulsive disorder.
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