Stopping Anxiety Medication: Workbook

Michael W Otto; Mark H Pollack

Stopping Anxiety Medication: Workbook (2 ed.)

Michael W Otto and Mark H Pollack

Abstract

This workbook, in conjunction with the corresponding Therapist Guide, outlines a treatment program for helping individuals discontinue their anxiety medication. This evidence-based treatment incorporates the basic principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), which is also effective for treating the underlying Panic Disorder itself. This revised edition teaches the skills necessary to help individuals wean off their medicine through the use of cognitive restructuring techniques, along with exposure to panic and anxiety sensations. New to this edition is a reorganized Chapter 2 that places the core emphasis on the role of fears of anxiety sensations in enhancing the difficulties associated with stopping medication, and a section on discontinuing the use of antidepressants. Blank logs are included for keeping track of homework assignments, as well as for monitoring progress.

Keywords: anxiety, anxiety medication, panic disorder, cognitive restructuring techniques, fears, antidepressants, cognitive-behavioral therapy, CBT

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Mar 2009

Print ISBN-13:: 9780195338553

Published online:: Apr 2015

DOI:: 10.1093/med:psych/9780195338553.001.0001

Authors

Michael W Otto, author Professor of Psychology, Boston University, USA

Mark H Pollack, author Director of the Center for Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA

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Oxford University Press makes no representation, express or implied, that the drug dosages in this book are correct. Readers must therefore always check the product information and clinical procedures with the most up to date published product information and data sheets provided by the manufacturers and the most recent codes of conduct and safety regulations. The authors and the publishers do not accept responsibility or legal liability for any errors in the text or for the misuse or misapplication of material in this work. Except where otherwise stated, drug dosages and recommendations are for the non-pregnant adult who is not breastfeeding.

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