Forum Meeting: Anxiety and Mental Illness

Wednesday November 21st: Maxwell Pankhurst, clinician, Anxiety Disorders Unit

Anxiety can be a significant mental health issues in its own right, especially for those whose anxiety is high, chronic or both.  Anxiety is frequently ‘comorbid’ with other mental illnesses, depression is a good example.  Managing or treating a specific anxiety can be exacting enough but how is anxiety treated in the presence of other mental health and related issues.  Maxwell will discuss: -

• What is the overall approach to the treatment of anxiety?
• How does this approach change if other mental health issues are also present?
• Are all mental health issues managed collectively or can treatment of one take priority over others?
• Is it important to understand which mental health issue may have been a precursor to another?
• When does it become compelling to involve a psychiatrist in comorbid treatment?

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