Pharmacological Treatment of Anxiety Disorders: Current and Novel Targets

In this chapter, we are going to focus on the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders. In the beginning, we will discuss briefly on definitions and recent changes on the classification of anxiety disorders and their implication on clinical praxis. The current proposed pathophysiological model for anxiety disorders is going to be presented and describe the course of the different anxiety disorders. Known pharmacological treatments for anxiety disorders will be presented with key features on the differences and characteristics of different classes of medication as well as individual differences in respect of personalized precision medicine. Finally, novel and promising compounds that are in drug development, drugs repurposed for the treatment of anxiety disorders, and novel targets will also be presented.