Evolution of Anxiety Treatments Over the Past 70 Years
Over the past 70 years, anxiety treatments have evolved from tranquilizers like Miltown in the 1950s to benzodiazepines in the 1960s-70s, and then to SSRIs and SNRIs from the 1980s-2000s, with no new medications approved since 2004. Despite slowed innovation, existing treatments have been refined, and new approaches are in development, but effective, long-term solutions for everyone remain a challenge.