During the life almost all people experience feelings of anxiety and unpleasant states. It is usually associated with difficult life situation, when time and information to make correct and informed decisions is not enough, or are lacked the necessary skills for successful conflict resolution. Each of those, who has at least once passed an interview for employment opportunity, or has passed exams in educational institutions, has been experiencing the feeling of excitement and anxiety. In such situations, anxiety is a natural (adequate) reaction, and in healthy people is only temporary. But in the case when the anxiety becomes a pathological (a long in time and intensity) form, a person should take thought about the real causes of emergence of mental disorders and to find the right solution out of the situation.
According to epidemiological studies, anxiety occurs in 25% of the world’s population and this number steadily increases.
The main external causes of the number increasing of the anxiety disorders in modern society are global economic and political changes, the conduction of military conflicts in various regions and the constant threat of terrorist acts. For a man are of great importance and internal causes of occurrence of the anxiety disorders. Most often, these reasons are: lack of harmony of man with himself, the degradation of social norms and values of society, the absence or lack of psychological support.
The most common form of mental pathology – is anxiety disorders and as any kind of mental deviations can be cured. In addition to psychological assistance (which is rendered not only by doctors, but and people close to), for maximum effect is required and drug therapy (especially in severe cases). In recent years, a progressive method of treatment of mental disorders does not involve the use of tricyclic antidepressants. In addition to the long duration of the treatment (up to 1 year), at reception of the conventional antidepressants (such as clomipramine, amitriptyline, imipramine) in man is observed the decrease of reaction rate, the weakening of attention that in its turn leads to changes (difficulties) in professional activities and in social interaction.
To date the most effective and relatively not long in time is considered the reception of medications of benzodiazepines group. One of the drugs, belonging to this group, and which is intended for the treatment of anxiety disorders is a remedy Ativan, in the basis of which enters the active ingredient Lorazepam.
