Journal of Innovative Clinical Trials and Case Reports

Abstract

GAD is one of the most common mental disorders up to 20% of adults are affected by anxiety disorder each year which is characterized by excessive nervous, anxiety, worry, irritable etc. GAD lifetime prevalence of roughly 5%-6% and 12-month prevalence of 2%-3%. Risk factors are high levels of stress, a history of personal or family psychiatric issues and traumatic life events. Objectives of this study to show effectiveness of individualized homoeopathic medicine amongst patients of generalized anxiety disorder. It is an open label observational study. 25 cases (11 severe, 8 moderate and 6 mild cases) of GAD are selected at Birsingha SHD, Vidyasagar RH, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. Selected individualized homoeopathic medicine as per homoeopathic posology and also maintains GAD-7 score before, during and after treatment. Results are tabulated and mean score between those before treatment and after 1 year treatment compared using t-test difference of two means. This study shows 22 cases (88%) normal limit and 3 cases (12%) severe to mild after treatment. Individualized homoeopathic medicine significantly reduces GAD-7 score. This study shows the effectiveness of individualized homoeopathic treatment in GAD.