Anxiety and Alcohol Use Disorders: Comorbidity and Treatment Considerations

Overview

Journal Alcohol Res

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2013 Apr 16

PMID 23584108

Citations 108

Authors

Joshua P Smith

Carrie L Randall

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Abstract

The co-occurrence of anxiety disorders and alcohol use disorders (AUDs) is relatively common and is associated with a complex clinical presentation. Sound diagnosis and treatment planning requires that clinicians have an integrated understanding of the developmental pathways and course of this comorbidity. Moreover, standard interventions for anxiety disorders or AUDs may need to be modified and combined in targeted ways to accommodate the unique needs of people who have both disorders. Optimal combination of evidence-based treatments should be based on a comparative balance that considers the advantages and disadvantages of sequential, parallel, and integrated approaches.

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