Volume 6 Issue 2 February 2016
❌Anxiety is not a normal part of life.
✅Everyone experiences anxiety to some extent, on a daily basis but if your anxiety affects your functioning then it may be an anxiety disorder.
❌People who have anxiety just need to relax.
✅Although relaxation might be a part of the treatment plan, persons with anxiety have difficulty in making themselves relaxed, and may need other forms of treatments.
❌There is no cure for anxiety disorders.
✅Most studies implicate that combination of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy bring remission from anxiety.
By Swapnil Tripathi, final year, MBBS student, AIIMS, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
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