Primary Care Treatment of Anxiety is Adequate, But Problems Persist

The first stop for many people with anxiety disorders is their primary physician. Recent research has sought to determine whether these physicians are able to provide adequate care. Patients were studied from 2002 through 2007. Psychiatry researchers at Brown University found that 7 out 10 primary care patients received care that included adequate medicine or therapy. Unfortunately, that care was usually not continued long-term or was not offered to various ethno-racial groups. Also affecting adequate care for anxiety sufferers is the common practice among primary physicians of “watchful waiting”. The practice often delays therapeutic care unless anxiety symptoms are severe.

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