Combined Anxiety Treatment Effective for Older Adults

Combined anxiety treatment effective for older adults

Filed under: symptoms of drug addiction

Combined anxiety treatment effective for older adults … The first group simply continued taking the antidepressant for another 16 weeks, while the second group continued taking the drug but also received 16 weeks of cognitive behavioural therapy …
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Greater efforts needed to check drug abuse

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Advising loved ones to watch out for symptoms, Dr Ramana tells parents to keep an out for anxiety, restlessness, paranoia and aggressive behaviour in their children. In most cases though, the addiction does not come to light until a stage of severity …
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Brain's 'dark side' as key to cocaine addiction

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In experiments with rats, the TSRI researchers found signs that cocaine-induced changes in this brain system contribute to anxiety-like behavior and other unpleasant symptoms of drug withdrawal — symptoms that typically drive an addict to keep using.
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