Programmes

Anxiety Disorders

There are five principal manifestations of anxiety disorder; generalized anxiety disorder (in which a person feels deeply anxious or worried for no obvious reason and presents with a variety of physical and emotional symptoms including headaches and exhaustion), panic disorder (in which the person experiences sudden surges of unexpected anxiety accompanied by physical sensations such as chest pain and breathing difficulties) and phobia (in which the person experiences a strong irrational fear of a specific object or situation). By far the most common phobia that is associated with addiction is Social Phobia. Finally, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is associated with alcohol abuse and dependence in about one quarter of cases.

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More About Anxiety Disorders

The cause of anxiety disorders is genetic, as well as environmental and so treatment requires a combination of medication, psychotherapy and self help. At Montrose Place, our comprehensive extended care treatment programme incorporates all these elements.

When the client arrives at Montrose Place, they are thoroughly assessed and provided with a treatment plan that will enable them to learn to understand the underlying causes of anxiety disorders, to transform their coping responses and recognize how to avoid subsequent addictions or dependencies.

Our extended care treatment programme for an anxiety disorder, as a co-morbid disorder, is an integrative programme that consists of the following elements: