Psychology of anxiety neurosis and drug treatment

    GUO Keª²Feng, GUO Shan, YANG Wenª²Qing, ZHANG Jianª²She

    1Department of Physitherapy and Rehabilitation, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi¡¯an 710038, China, 2Battalion 11, Cadet Brigade, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi¡¯an 710033, China

    ¡¾Abstract¡¿ AIM: To discuss the psychology of anxiety neurosis and drug treatment efficacy. METHODS: 123 clearly diagnosed anxiety neurosis sufferers were divided randomly into Group A (psychotherapy), Group B (drug treatment) and Group C (psychotherapy and drug treatment). Psychological measuring scale SCLª²90 was adopted and the results were compared pretreatment and 8w postª²treatment. RESULTS: Anxiety neurosis was often accompanied with apprehensiveness, depression, personal relationship sensitivity, compulsion and somatization. Therapeutic efficacy of Group C was the best and the symptom remission rates were£ºGroup A 46%, Group B 58% and Group C 89%. The rate of Group C was significantly different compared with those of Group A and Group B (P<0.01). After treatment, the aboveª²mentioned symptoms in Group C reduced obviously (P<0.01), whereas the changes of those in both Group A and Group B were not significant (P>0.05). CONCLUSION: Though drug intervention is necessary, psychotherapy and drug treatment are the best regimens of therapy for anxiety neurosis. ......