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A Common Mechanism for Anxiety Disorders and Drug Addiction: Implications for Current and Novel Pharmacological Treatments

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Anxiety treatment protocols in adolescents generally follow the same guidelines as treatment of anxiety in adults. In order to provide a working framework that considers the presence of substance use disorders in relation to anxiety, a biological perspective on anxiety is presented with a focus on a common mechanisms in common with substance use disorders. The premise of a shared pathophysiology allows for a heuristic useful to treatment approaches for both conditions.

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Grados, M.A., Rizwan, B. (2023). A Common Mechanism for Anxiety Disorders and Drug Addiction: Implications for Current and Novel Pharmacological Treatments. In: McKay, D., Storch, E.A. (eds) Handbook of Child and Adolescent Anxiety Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-14080-8_24

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