Drug therapy’s

• The biological approach to treating anxiety disorders involves drug therapy
• Anxiolytic drugs such as benzodiazepines, reduce anxiety by increasing the neurotransmitter GABA which produces feelings of calmness
• It takes effect quickly
• Its good for treating anxiety in the short term
• Davidson et Al tested benzodiazepine with a placebo and found that the drug was far more effective in reducing the symptoms of anxiety which proves that they actually work
• They can cause side effects such as dizziness
• They are very addictive and can only be used for the short term
• Symptoms can return when taken of medication
• They only cure the symptom and not the root cause