History of pharmacological

As noted earlier, prior to the advent of DSM-IIl in 1980, the anxiety disorders were collectively subsumed under some variation of the single diagnostic entity, anxiety neurosis. Consequently, the history of pharmacological treatment for the discrete anxiety syndromes is relatively brief, only approximately 20 years. Prior to 1980, we can only speak in a general manner as to how well medicines relieved anxiety in the broad sense of the term. Consequently, weTl present the more extensive history of pharmacological treatment for anxiety in this broader sense before launching into a more detailed discussion of the treatment of the individual anxiety disorders. 

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