ANXIETY DISORDERS
Anxiety becomes an illness when fear, worry, physical symptoms, or avoidance become persistent enough to interfere with daily life.
Anxiety is not one disorder. Symptoms may occur in generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, PTSD, OCD, depression, bipolar disorder, substance-related conditions, sleep disorders, medical illness, or as medication effects.
A symptom is not always a diagnosis.
Evidence-based psychotherapy is central for many anxiety disorders. Medication can also play an important role. Benzodiazepines may have appropriate clinical uses but require thoughtful prescribing because of tolerance, dependence, withdrawal, sedation, cognitive effects, and interaction risks.
TMS, ketamine, and Spravato are not routine treatments for primary anxiety disorders simply because CNY Psychiatry offers them.
We do not recommend an advanced treatment simply because we happen to offer it.
The goal is not necessarily to eliminate anxiety. It is to reduce anxiety’s authority over your life.
