An Overview

By

Anxiety disorders

Anxiety Awareness Board – Why ?

• Mental Disorders makeup 5 of the 10 leading causes of disability world wide – Anxiety being one of the major shareholders

• Likely increase approximately 50% by 2020

• Most of the conditions respond well to treatment –right approach is vital

• More than 90% of the patients turn up in General practitioners’ clinic initially

• Socio-economic situation / social taboos resulting in avoidance to seek medical advice

• Recent Earthquake disaster in Pakistan is likely to increase the number by thousands

Anxiety Awareness Board – When ?

Anxiety Awareness Board – the logo ?

AABPThe Drop and

ripples represent the concept of “increasing awareness”

AAB Guidelines – Aims

• Increase awareness regarding anxiety

• Recognize anxiety as a treatable disorder

• Diffuse the influence of social taboos in order to

make the patients seek medical advice

• Provide easy approaches in both

psychotherapeutic and pharmacological areas to

General Practitioners since most of the patients

turn up in their clinics

Red Color depicts the alarming situation of

the anxiety disorders in the country

Green Color represents the National Color

December 2005

Anxiety Management Guidelines – the Concept

White color represents relief

from Anxiety

Anxiety Awareness Board – Core Members

Anxiety Awareness Board – Members

AAB Guidelines

Highlights

AAB Guidelines Contents - highlights

AAB Guidelines – Section I (Diagnosis)

Anxiety Disorders

• Generalized Anxiety Disorder

• Panic Disorder

• Social Phobias

• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

AAB Guidelines – Section II

Anxiety Disorders with co-morbidities

• Psychiatric Disorders such as depression or Bipolar disorders

• Physical disorders such as hypertension, IHD, CVAs, Diabetes, gastritis

• Drug induced

• AIDS

• Cancers

In association with…

AAB Guidelines – Section III

Non- Pharmacological Options for Anxiety Management

• Communication Skills (patient-doctor relationship)

• Advice on lifestyle changes

• Relaxation techniques

• Religious therapy

• Other techniques such as sports and meditation

Pharmacological Options

• Benzodiazepines

• Selective Serotinin Re-uptake Inhibitors (SSRIs)

• Tricyclic Antidepressants (TCAs)

• Serotinin Noradrenaline Selective Serotinin Reuptake Inhibitor (SNRIs)

• Noradrenaline Selective Serotinin Agonist (NaSSA)

• Beta-Blockers

AAB Guidelines – Section IV

Long-acting Benzodiazepines Being the Recommended Choice

Please do not let them

become patients…

Lets fight Anxiety

together