New and emerging treatments for anxiety disorders - PubMed
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- Anxiety disorders affect a large portion of the population, with standard treatments showing efficacy but also high rates of non-response and relapse.
- New stand-alone treatments include newer psychotherapies (reward-based treatments, safety behavior reduction), interoception enhancement (floatation-REST), brain stimulation (TMS, tDCS), pharmacological agents (maritupirdine), and natural supplements (ashwagandha, L-theanine).
- Novel augmentation strategies aim to improve exposure therapy, incorporating new behavioral techniques (inhibitory retrieval model, targeting intolerance of uncertainty) or pharmacological agents (D-cycloserine, scopolamine).
- Cannabidiol (CBD) has been studied both as a stand-alone treatment and as an augmentation strategy.
- Most emerging treatments have shown some efficacy, with some ready for clinical use and others requiring further testing.