What Works For Anxiety Disorders-Anti-Anxiety Drugs

EMSAM® [EM sam] (selegiline transdermal system)

EMSAM® [EM sam] (selegiline transdermal system)
MEDICATION GUIDE
Read this Medication Guide carefully before you start using EMSAM and each time you get a refill. There may be new information. This information does not take the place …

Total Number of People Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the United States

Total Number of People Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the United States
The following information is the most accurate and documented data available on psychiatric drug usage. The information is from IMS Health, a company that provides …

Withdrawal effects

Withdrawal effects
How can I tell the difference between withdrawal problems and relapse?
There are three ways to tell if symptoms are the result of withdrawal, according to one expert, David Healy, who applied it to SSRIs …

What Works For Anxiety Disorders-Anti-Anxiety Drugs

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

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%) …