Abstract
Introduction: The prevalence of anxiety disorders across the world is higher than 11.6%. These common disorders are related with high societal expenses and demands, and in addition noteworthy decrements in the function of the psychosocial and the life quality. CBT includes a class of scientifically informed interventions that seek to directly control dysfunctional ways of thinking and patterns of how individuals behave so as to lessen psychological suffering. For anxiety disorders explicitly, cognitive models set that overstated appraisal of threat is a center component underlying pathological anxiety.
Aim of work: In this review, we will discuss the types of cognitive behavioral therapy used for various classes of anxiety disorders.
Methodology: We conducted this review using a comprehensive search of MEDLINE, PubMed, and EMBASE, January 1985, through February 2017. The following search terms were used: cognitive behavioral therapy, anxiety disorders, post traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, exposure therapy.
Conclusions: The research on CBT in anxiety disorders supports the efficacy and viability of these techniques, with the majority of the current research look into showing the usefulness of giving exposure therapy in the treatment of anxiety. Research supports the idea that anxiety disorder patients share basic psychological and biological vulnerabilities, recommending that effective treatments for anxiety are taking advantage of these common mechanisms. Further research about treatment directed towards the common mechanisms underlying effective CBT must be done.