Anxiety disorders

Phobias,panic attacks and generalized anxiety disorders

Almost 12% from the average population suffers from fear illnesses which require medical treatment. Often patients do not feel the fear, but some physical symptoms, such as dizziness, pain in their chest, fast heartbeat, sweat, or redness.

There are 3 main causes of fear illnesses: first, biological causes for example due to lack of serotonine in the brain, secondly a learnt behaviour including negative thoughts and thirdly psychodynamic factors in childhood.

Therefore, a combined treatment   of psychotherapy, relaxation exercises and medicines, which bring the levels of serotonine to normal without causing addiction, has proved to be quite effective