A 24-year-old man presents with excessive worry, restlessness and insomnia for 8 months. He has no depression, psychosis or substance use. What is the...

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A 24-year-old man presents with excessive worry, restlessness and insomnia for 8 months. He has no depression, psychosis or substance use. What is the most appropriate first-line pharmacological option if psychological therapy alone is insufficient?

Accepted Answer

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

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Long-term benzodiazepine monotherapy

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High-dose antipsychotic

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Lithium

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No pharmacological treatment is ever appropriate

au-amc MCQ (SBA): Generalised anxiety disorder

A 24-year-old man presents with excessive worry, restlessness and insomnia for 8 months. He has no depression, psychosis or substance use. What is the most appropriate first-line pharmacological option if psychological therapy alone is insufficient?