Generalised Anxiety Disorder

Question 1

management

Answer 1

step 1: education about GAD + active monitoring

step 2: low-intensity psychological interventions (individual non-facilitated self-help or individual guided self-help or psychoeducational groups)

step 3: high-intensity psychological interventions (cognitive behavioural therapy or applied relaxation) or drug treatment. See drug treatment below for more information

step 4: highly specialist input e.g. Multi agency teams

Question 2

drug treatment

Answer 2

1st line SSRI sertraline