Beware of sub-clinical of meds or tx!

• Does anxiety go away or just become less severe? by Lyne Springer, M.Ed., 5/1/97
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These are excellent points regarding the necessity of using appropriate doses of both medications as well as a sufficiently aggressive trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy. Often, patients will say, "Oh, I've tried that medication" or "Oh, I've tried cognitive-behavior therapy" when neither have been tried in a manner which is likely to be effective. Doing a half-hearted approach to either meds or therapy is a disservice to the patient, since it makes them rule out an entire avenue of treatment when it has not actually been given a fair trial.

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