Outline:
Review of most common allopathic drug strategies in the management of Anxiety and Depression and looking at emerging use for cannabis.
Introduce treatment targets and guiding principals of the clinical drug selection in anxiety and depression mental health management.
Exploration of the 3 major DRUG CLASSES involved in anxiety / depression pharmaceutical management with a focus on the potential impact of cannabis use:
- CANNABIS (the emerging role as mental health management tool)
- ANXIOLYTICS (Short term (Benzodiazepines) vs. Longer term drug treatments (Differentiating SSRIs with SNRI and TCAs))
Drug discussion will include:
Supportive clinical studies
Discussion of clinical indications of use, contra-indications of use, side effects of drug use and herb/nutrient interactions.
Conclusion / Summary
As presented at our Live 2020 ND Conference: Mental Health
Presented by Dr Carol Laic ND MEd