Treatment of generalised anxiety disorder with a short course of psychological therapy, combined with buspirone or placebo.

Background: Very few studies have examined the combination of drug and psychological treatment in generalised anxiety disorder (GAD). Theoretically, buspirone should be a useful drug to combine with a learning-based therapy.

Methods: Sixty patients with GAD were randomly assigned to treatment with buspirone or placebo, combined with anxiety management training or non-directive therapy for a period of 8 weeks.

Use of psychotropic medication in the general population of France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

Background: The use of psychotropic medications and its association with sleep and psychiatric and physical illnesses were studied in the general population.

Method: A cross-sectional telephone survey was carried out using the Sleep-EVAL knowledge-base system. A representative sample of the noninstitutionalized general populations of France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom, aged 15 years or over, was interviewed (N = 18,679; participation rate: 78.