What Works For Anxiety Disorders–Anti-Anxiety Drugs
Short-term use (up to four weeks)
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Long-term use
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GAD
GAD
PTSD and ASD
PTSD and ASD
Social Phobia
Social Phobia
Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
Specific Phobias
Specific Phobias
OCD
OCD
WHAT ARE THEY?
Anti-anxiety drugs are used mainly for …
Psychotropic Medication Use among Adolescents: United States, 2005–2010
Key findings
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
Approximately 6.0% of U.S. adolescents aged 12–19 reported psychotropic drug use in the past month.
The use of antidepressants (3.2%) …
PRISTIQ® (pris-TEEK) (desvenlafaxine)
MEDICATION GUIDE Extended-Release Tablets
Read this Medication Guide before you start taking PRISTIQ and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place of talking …
ABILIFY MAINTENA® (a-BIL-i-fy main-TEN-a) (aripiprazole)
for extended-release injectable suspension, for intramuscular use
MEDICATION GUIDE
What is the most important information I should know about ABILIFY MAINTENA?
Each injection of ABILIFY MAINTENA must be administered by a healthcare professional only.
ABILIFY …
How Do Psychiatric Drugs Affect The Brain?
Like any mind altering substance, psychiatric drugs are psychoactive and alter mind and behavior by affecting brain chemistry. Their usefulness, and risks, come from changing the brain/body and altering …
VISTARIL® (Hydroxyzine Pamoate)
Capsules and Oral Suspension
DESCRIPTION
Hydroxyzine pamoate is designated chemically as 1-(p-chlorobenzhydryl) 4- [2-(2-hydroxyethoxy) ethyl] diethylenediamine salt of 1,1′-methylene bis (2 hydroxy- 3-naphthalene carboxylic acid).
Inert ingredients for the capsule formulations are: hard gelatin capsules …
Selected Facts about Mental Health in the United States
Overview
An estimated 61.5 million Americans—about one in four adults—suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year. About 13.6 million Americans, or 1 in 17, suffer …
