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Article: Thought control: The cure for anxiety disorders remains elusive.
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- Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK)
- Article date:
- July 27, 2006
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Byline: Leigh Woosley
Jul. 27--Editor's note: This is the last of five articles looking at the complex problem of anxiety disorders, the most prevalent mental health disease in America.
A cure for anxiety disorders does not exist.
It's not like a headache, easily treated with an aspirin.
What might temper one person's anxiety won't always do so for someone else.
Treatment is oftentimes guesswork, a juggling act of medication, psychotherapy or both.
What works best is contested by professionals, especially since recent studies of the brain show that both medicine and therapy change brain patterns that cause anxiety ...