Neurobiological Resolution of Anxiety

Philip Dutton & Andy Ashworth Retired Consultant Clinical Psychologist General Medical Practitioner

Reasons to be Cheerful

• Adjustment Reaction

• Work Related Stress

• Anxiety Depression

• Dysthymia

Part 4 – The Fit Note Song

Snakes &

Ladders

Dutton & Ashworth 2015

Medical Hypotheses

85 (2015) 588–590 Fig. 1.

Snakes &

Ladders

Clarity

Neurobiology of Anxiety

Big Memory

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Big Memory

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Emergency Memory

Emergency Memory

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Neurobiology of Anxiety

Processing Memory

Snakes &

Ladders

Safety

On Old Olympus’ Towering Tops

A Fin And German Viewed Some Hops

III

Parasympathetic

IV

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Safety

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Safety

20 GP patients with Symptoms of Anxiety (all mean

scores)

HADS Anxiety Score at presentation = 16.65

75% (15/20) post clarity improvement = 3.5 (4 No improvement, 1 increased by 2)

90% (9/10) post safety improvement = 2.6 (1 No improvement)

45% showed overall improvement = 5.7

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Research

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