FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
This book has been designed specifically for primary healthcare professionals. Anxiety and related disorders are extremely relevant to the primary health care professional as they are among the most common psychiatric conditions with a lifetime prevalence rate around 30%. Most patients turn to their primary care provider first for assistance, however almost a third of patients will present with other symptoms such as physical symptoms (e.g., headache, gastrointestinal distress, fatigue), or depression, and if missed, can lead to a chronic difficult to treat disorder, depression and suicidality. Management specific to anxiety and related disorders subtypes can be quite different, therefore early recognition and treatment can alter the course of illness, lead to much better outcomes, early recovery, and improved quality of life for patients. If you have a busy practice and need access to time efficient user friendly strategies and tools—this program is for you. This program will guide you through key features of common disorders with the help of case studies. You will work through time efficient ways to screen, diagnose, and manage seven common anxiety and related disorders over the course of multiple visits. Some examples of time efficient assessment and management tools are:
- short (< 6 questions) screening questionnaires for each disorder
- printable patient self-report validated scales
- guidelines for pharmacotherapeutic and non-pharmacotherapeutic options
- treatment algorithms
- visit per visit guides
The Primary Care Toolkit for Anxiety and Related Disorders ; Quick, Practical Solutions for Assessment and Management won the Learning Book of the Year 2017, Section: Educational and Professional Development Resources: Book Publishers Association of Alberta
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